Alexis De Tocqueville And The Art Of Democratic Statesmanship

Author : Brian Danoff,Louie Joseph Hebert
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Democracy
ISBN : 9780739145302

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Alexis de Tocqueville and the Art of Democratic Statesmanship by Brian Danoff,Louie Joseph Hebert Pdf

"At a time when the forces of administrative despotism are on the march and Winfreyesque rhetoric passes for moral leadership and intellectual sophistication, Brian Danoff and L. Joseph Hebert, Jr., have assembled a compelling collection of timely essays on the political thought of Alexis de Tocqueville, that liberal thinker of the first rank who endeavored to see f̀urther than the parties' without any pretense to post-partisanship, who understood that more democracy is not always the answer to every problem of democracy, and who concerned himself with educating democratic peoples so that they may live together as free citizens rather than exist independently as dependent subjects. This fine collection situates Tocqueville within the history of ideas, ancient and modern, and examines the significance of his observations, predictions, and prescriptions as they pertain to a wide variety of topics with contemporary relevance. The chapters in this volume articulate the proper relationship between political theory, political science, and political practice, emphasizing the necessity for genuine republican statesmanship while honestly wondering about its chances given the trajectory of late modern America."--Travis D. Smith. Concordia University, Montreal.

Author : L. Joseph Hebert
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-07-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780739133767

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More Than Kings and Less Than Men by L. Joseph Hebert Pdf

More than Kings and Less than Men: Tocqueville on the Promises and Perils of Democratic Induvidualism examines Alexis de Tocqueville's hopes and fears for modern democracy, arguing that the distinctive political philosophy informing Democracy in America can help us to think more profoundly about the problems facing liberal democratic society today. L. Joseph Hebert, Jr. argues that Tocqueville saw the historical power of democracy as originating in its promise to liberate human nature, and the greatness it is capable of achieving, from the artificial constraints of conventional hierarchy. He probes Tocqueville's fear that the momentum of democratic change may violate that promise by neglecting or even stifling human greatness in the name of an artificial equality of conditions. Hebert explains why Tocqueville saw the need for a 'new political science' to regulate democracy, and why Tocqueville thought that the central task of this science, supported by enlightened statesmanship, was to combat 'individualism,' an extreme form of civic, moral, and intellectual apathy capable of ushering in a historically unprecedented form of despotism. Hebert looks in depth at the principles of Tocqueville's political science, their relation to classical, modern, and contemporary political thought, and their practical applications in his time and ours. He outlines the model Tocqueville recommended for a free and flourishing modern democratic order and analyzes the primary mechanisms Tocqueville proposed for avoiding the perils and securing the promise of democracy in his own day. Hebert observes that many of Tocqueville's fears regarding individualism are occurring today, and analyzes how Tocqueville's insights might be applied to combat individualism and promote genuine liberty in our own time.

Author : Alexis de Tocqueville
Publisher : Signet
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105120249375

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Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville Pdf

Democracy in America is a classic of political philosophy. Hailed by John Stuart Mill and Horace Greely as the finest book ever written on the nature of democracy, it continues to be an influential text on both sides of the Atlantic, above all in the emerging democracies of Eastern Europe.

Author : Richard Boyd,Ewa Atanassow
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781107009639

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Tocqueville and the Frontiers of Democracy by Richard Boyd,Ewa Atanassow Pdf

This collection of essays uses Alexis de Tocqueville's writings to explore the dilemmas of democratization in the twenty-first century.

Author : John C. Koritansky
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Democracy
ISBN : 1594607265

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Alexis de Tocqueville and the New Science of Politics by John C. Koritansky Pdf

Over the last two decades there appears to have been a reawakening of interest in the thought of Alexis de Tocqueville, and in particular his great work, Democracy in America. Several new and significant commentaries have drawn proper attention to Tocqueville's trenchant observations and sober and prudent recommendations. Most significantly, Tocqueville is now widely recognized as presenting the most penetrating insights concerning the psychology of the egalitarian majority and of the democratic individual. For this reason especially, Tocqueville is of vital interest to a sort of thinker who, following in James Madison's furrow, seeks to understand and respond to the danger of tyranny of the majority. Still, one might wonder whether such an appreciation of Tocqueville does full justice to what he means when he describes his intention for his book as presenting "a new political science. . .for a world itself quite new." It's an aggressive statement. Does Tocqueville mean that what he writes has the scope, the comprehensive rationality, that would rival and even displace Montesquieu, whose political science does not yet belong to the "world . . .quite new?" Koritansky's interpretation of Democracy in America is guided by an affirmative response to this question. More substantively, the interpretation seeks to demonstrate that Tocqueville's "science" rests squarely on the political philosophy of Rousseau. What Tocqueville explains about America is the operation of the "general will." The present volume is a new edition of Koritansky's book, first published in 1986 in which Koritansky seeks to demonstrate Tocqueville Rouseauism by way of a chapter by chapter commentary on Democracy in America. It contains a new addendum that more fully elaborates what Koritansky shows to be the fundamental core of the political science that Tocqueville and Rousseau share, namely the civil religion. Religion in Tocqueville's America is, for the most part, the spiritual consciousness of the general will. The problematical character of this religion emerges as the broadest and most vexing challenge to modern statesmanship in our world.

Author : Alexis de Tocqueville
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1840
Category : Democracy
ISBN : UOM:39015008257506

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Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville Pdf

A young French aristocrat tours America in the early 1830s and composes his observations in a book on one nation's version of democracy.

Author : Alexis de Tocqueville
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781443438520

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Democracy In America: Volume I by Alexis de Tocqueville Pdf

Over the course of nine months in 1831 Alexis de Tocqueville, a French political thinker, and accompanied by Gustave de Beaumont, travelled the United States under the pretext of studying the American prison system. Over the course of his travels, Tocqueville also studied American society, religion, politics, and economics, undertaking what would become one of the most comprehensive studies to that time of the practice of democracy in the United States. Democracy in America: Volume I explores the factors that contributed to the success of democracy in the United States, as well as the possible future of democracy in light of the unique religion and socio-economic factors that existed in the United States at that time. It was first published in 1835, preceding Volume II by approximately five years. Democracy in America is today considered one of the foundational works of political science. HarperTorch brings great works of non-fiction and the dramatic arts to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperTorch collection to build your digital library.

Author : Alexis Tocqueville
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1976219248

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Democracy in America ? Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville by Alexis Tocqueville Pdf

In Volume II of the book, Tocqueville covers topics such as: How religion in the United States avails itself to democratic tendencies; Roman Catholicism in the United States; pantheism ; equality and the perfectibility of man; science; literature; art; how democracy has modified the English language ; spiritual fanaticism; education; and equality of the sexes.

Author : Andrew J. Cosentino,Françoise Mélonio,James T. Schleifer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433050725229

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A Passion for Liberty by Andrew J. Cosentino,Françoise Mélonio,James T. Schleifer Pdf

Author : Elizabeth Morrow
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781351352185

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An Analysis of Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America by Elizabeth Morrow Pdf

Alexis de Tocqueville’s 1838 Democracy in America is a classic of political theory – and of the problem-solving skills central to putting forward political ideas. Problem-solving has several aspects: identifying problems, finding methodologies to deal with them, and applying the right criteria to work out how to solve them. Indeed, offering solutions is only the last stage in a developed process of problem solving. For Tocqueville, the problem at hand was how best to run a democratic state. In the early 19th century, it seemed clear that Europe was headed in the direction of democracy, but in the wake of the French Revolution, it was unclear how to avoid the many pitfalls on that road. Tocqueville therefore turned to America, then point the most established democracy in the world, to investigate the institutions that allowed it to run as a successful state – allowing people their say while preventing both the possible “tyranny of the majority” and the uncontrolled growth of government. Tocqueville’s careful analysis of the strengths of American democracy was then applied to the problems of instituting democracy in France, providing a range of solutions that proved deeply influential in European political thought.

Author : Alexis de Tocqueville
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781443441704

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Democracy In America: Volume II by Alexis de Tocqueville Pdf

Over the course of nine months in 1831 Alexis de Tocqueville, a French political thinker, and accompanied by Gustave de Beaumont, travelled the United States under the pretext of studying the American prison system. Over the course of his travels, Tocqueville also studied American society, religion, politics, and economics, undertaking what would become one of the most comprehensive studies to that time of the practice of democracy in the United States. Democracy in America: Volume II continues Tocqueville’s exploration of the nature of democracy in the United States, including an analysis of American civil society. Democracy in America was published in two volumes in 1835 and 1840, and is today considered one of the foundational works of political science. HarperTorch brings great works of non-fiction and the dramatic arts to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperTorch collection to build your digital library.

Author : Alexis de Tocqueville
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2004-02-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781931082549

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Alexis de Tocqueville: Democracy in America (LOA #147) by Alexis de Tocqueville Pdf

An exclusive new translation of the most perceptive and influential book ever written about American politics and society—“the bible on democracy” (The Texas Observer) This Library of America volume presents de Tocqueville’s masterpiece in an entirely new translation—the first to fully capture his style and provide a rigorous, faithful rendering of his profound ideas and observations Alexis de Tocqueville, a young aristocratic French lawyer, came to the United States in 1831 to study its penitentiary systems. His nine-month visit and subsequent reading and reflection resulted in this landmark masterpiece of political observation and analysis. In Democracy in America, Tocqueville vividly describes the unprecedented social equality he found in America and explores its implications for European society in the emerging modern era. His book provides enduring insight into the political consequences of widespread property ownership, the potential dangers to liberty inherent in majority rule, the vital role of religion in American life, and the importance of civil institutions in an individualistic culture dominated by the pursuit of material self-interest. He also probes the deep differences between the free and slave states, writing prophetically of racism, bigotry, and prejudice in the United States. Brought to life by Arthur Goldhammer’s clear, fluid, and vigorous translation, this volume of Democracy in America is the first to fully capture Tocqueville’s achievements both as an accomplished literary stylist and as a profound political thinker.

Author : Joseph Epstein
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780061747823

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Alexis de Tocqueville by Joseph Epstein Pdf

Alexis de Tocqueville was among the first foreigners to recognize the potential of a new land called the United States. His classic work Democracy in America, first published in 1835, was not only a vivid portrait of the new nation, but also a startlingly accurate forecast of its future. From the influence of evangelical Christianity to the advent of our “consumer society,” many of de Tocqueville’s predictions have come true. Bestselling author Joseph Epstein revisits de Tocqueville’s legacy, providing a fresh account of his classic travels in America. Epstein explains how de Tocqueville, introverted and prone to self-doubt, arrived at such a profoundly influential interpretation of this new country and its government. Alexis de Tocqueville: Democracy’s Guide is a compelling portrait of the Frenchman who would become an American icon. Joseph Epstein is the author of, among other books, Snobbery: The American Version, Fabulous Small Jews (a collection of stories), Envy, and Friendship: An Exposé. He was the editor of The American Scholar between 1974 and 1997, and for many years taught in the English Department at Northwestern University. His essays and stories have appeared in the New Yorker, Commentary, the Atlantic Monthly, and other magazines.

Author : Jacob Peter Mayer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Political Science
ISBN : PSU:000028827719

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Alexis de Tocqueville by Jacob Peter Mayer Pdf

New essay, "Tocqueville after a century", has replaced the appendices of the earlier editions. For other editions, see Author Catalog.

Author : Alexis De Tocqueville
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2008-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1436820022

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Democracy in America V2 (1862) by Alexis De Tocqueville Pdf

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.