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Author : Hugh Brogan
Release : 2007-01-01
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Alexis de Tocqueville by : Hugh Brogan
Download or read book Alexis de Tocqueville written by Hugh Brogan. This book was released on 2007-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive portrait of the great French political thinker explores his life, work, travels in the United States, and writing of "Democracy in America."
Author : Alexis de Tocqueville
Release : 2024-07-23
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis Democracy in America by : Alexis de Tocqueville
Download or read book Democracy in America written by Alexis de Tocqueville. This book was released on 2024-07-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classic analysis of America's unique political character, quoted heavily by politicians and perennially popping up on history professors' reading lists. The book's enduring appeal lies in the eloquent, prophetic voice of Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859), a French aristocrat who visited the United States in 1831. A thoughtful young man in a still-young country, he succeeded in penning this penetrating study of America's people, culture, history, geography, politics, legal system, and economy. Tocqueville asserts, I confess that in America I saw more than America; I sought the image of democracy itself, with its inclinations, its character, its prejudices, and its passions, in order to learn what we have to fear or hope from its progress.
Author : Alexis de Tocqueville
Release : 1856
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Old Regime and the Revolution by : Alexis de Tocqueville
Download or read book The Old Regime and the Revolution written by Alexis de Tocqueville. This book was released on 1856. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alexis de Tocqueville
Release : 2004-02-09
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis Alexis de Tocqueville: Democracy in America (LOA #147) by : Alexis de Tocqueville
Download or read book Alexis de Tocqueville: Democracy in America (LOA #147) written by Alexis de Tocqueville. This book was released on 2004-02-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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) 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 : Olivier Zunz
Release : 2022-05-03
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis The Man Who Understood Democracy by : Olivier Zunz
Download or read book The Man Who Understood Democracy written by Olivier Zunz. This book was released on 2022-05-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A definitive biography of the French aristocrat who became one of democracy’s greatest champions In 1831, at the age of twenty-five, Alexis de Tocqueville made his fateful journey to America, where he observed the thrilling reality of a functioning democracy. From that moment onward, the French aristocrat would dedicate his life as a writer and politician to ending despotism in his country and bringing it into a new age. In this authoritative and groundbreaking biography, leading Tocqueville expert Olivier Zunz tells the story of a radical thinker who, uniquely charged by the events of his time, both in America and France, used the world as a laboratory for his political ideas. Placing Tocqueville’s dedication to achieving a new kind of democracy at the center of his life and work, Zunz traces Tocqueville’s evolution into a passionate student and practitioner of liberal politics across a trove of correspondence with intellectuals, politicians, constituents, family members, and friends. While taking seriously Tocqueville’s attempts to apply the lessons of Democracy in America to French politics, Zunz shows that the United States, and not only France, remained central to Tocqueville’s thought and actions throughout his life. In his final years, with France gripped by an authoritarian regime and America divided by slavery, Tocqueville feared that the democratic experiment might be failing. Yet his passion for democracy never weakened. Giving equal attention to the French and American sources of Tocqueville’s unique blend of political philosophy and political action, The Man Who Understood Democracy offers the richest, most nuanced portrait yet of a man who, born between the worlds of aristocracy and democracy, fought tirelessly for the only system that he believed could provide both liberty and equality.
