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Culture, secularization, and democracy : lessons from Alexis de Tocqueville / edited by Sophie van Bijsterveld and Hans-Martien ten Napel.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- ICLARS series on law and religion
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859--Political and social views.
- Tocqueville, Alexis de.
- Secularization.
- Religion and state.
- Pluralism.
- Democracy.
- People (Constitutional law).
- Representative government and representation.
- Culture and law.
- Political science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 172 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.
- Biography/History:
- Sophie van Bijsterveld is Professor of Religion, Law, and Society at Radboud University, the Netherlands. Hans-Martien ten Napel is Associate Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law at Leiden University, the Netherlands.
- Contents:
- Introduction : a new political science / Sophie van Bijsterveld and Hans-Martien ten Napel
- Secular democracy and the public significance of religion / Sophie van Bijsterveld
- Family tensions in Tocqueville and Lasch : two perspectives on the domestic sphere and democratic life / Sarah J. Wilford
- Associational life and liberty : a critical assessment of Tocqueville's democracy in America / David Thunder
- Conservatism, enlightened self interest, and a threatened civilizational order / John D. Wilsey
- Building a democratic identity : self-interest and moral imagination / Stacey Hibbs
- Why a secularized and pluralistic democracy needs faith / Jonathan Chaplin
- Freedom and human rights / Trey Dimsdale
- Truth, unity, and pluralism / Hans-Martien ten Napel
- Tocqueville's legal spirit as a force of hope for presentist democracy / Carinne Elion-Valter.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 26, 2024).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Culture, secularization, and democracy
- ISBN:
- 9781032641041
- 1032641045
- 9781040107676
- 1040107672
- 9781040107720
- 1040107729
- Publisher Number:
- 40032388307
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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