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More than kings and less than men : Tocqueville on the promise and perils of democratic individualism /

This book explains why Tocqueville saw the central task of modern statesmanship as combating 'individualism, ' a type of civic apathy that he thought capable of robbing modern citizens of human virtue and issuing in a historically unprecedented form of despotism. It looks in depth at the m...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hebert, L. Joseph (Louie Joseph), 1975-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, ©2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Introduction : why Tockqueville? Why individualism? -- Democracy, political science, and human nature -- Liberty, rights, and justice in the new world -- Majority tyranny, administrative despotism, and the triumph of individualism -- Citizenship : democracy vs. self-government? -- Religion : separation, or political institution? -- Democratic statesmanship then and now -- Conclusion : liberty and the recovery of human greatness. 
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