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The Anthem companion to Alexis de Tocqueville /
'The Anthem Companion to Alexis de Tocqueville' contains original interpretations of Tocqueville's major writings on democracy and revolution as well as his lesser- known writings on colonies, prisons and minorities. Each chapter compares Tocqueville's ideas on a given subject wi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Anthem Press,
2019.
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| Colección: | Anthem companions to sociology.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Front Matter; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Table of Contents; Introduction: Tocqueville and the Sociological Conversation; An Anguished Life; Why Tocqueville Today?; What Is Unique about This Volume?; Bibliography; A Note on References Todemocracy in America; Parts 1 to 6; Part 1 Religion and Immaterial Interests; Chapter 1 Tocqueville on Religion; Bibliography; Chapter 2 Unmasking Religion: Marx's Stance, Tocqueville's Alternative; Marx; The "Unmasking" Style; II. Marx's Theory of Religion: Inversion, Reduction, Deflation; Weaponization and Hyperbole; Tocqueville
- Tocqueville and MarxReligion's Place and Its Limits; Religion's Place in the Human Condition: A Counterforce to Materialism; Religion's Contribution to Democracy; The Proper Boundaries of Religious Influence; Concluding Observations: Tocqueville and Marx Today; Bibliography; Part 2 Language, Literature, and Social Theory; Chapter 3 Tocqueville Mortal and Immortal: Power and Style; A Note on Vocabulary; Arts, Sciences, and Democracy; Cultivating a Natural Style; Mortal and Immortal: Tocqueville's Two-Pronged Ambition; Duration and Debris; Bibliography
- Chapter 4 Tocqueville and Linguistic Innovation"Democracy"; The "Modify" Thesis; "General Ideas" and the Modification of Language; Democracy is Other; Conclusion; Bibliography; Part 3 Globalism and Empire; Chapter 5 Noble Comparisons; Axis 1: The United States and Europe; Axis 2: England and Ireland; Axis 3: France and Algeria; Some Inferences from the Three Comparative Axes; Bibliography; Chapter 6 Tocqueville and Lévi-Strauss: Democratic Revolution at Bookends of Empire; Toward a Global History; Comparative Law and Cross-Cultural Comparison; Self-Awareness and Reflexivity
- The Ends of EmpireThe Self and the Art of Being Free; Conclusion; Bibliography; Part 4 Inequalities Inside Democracy; Chapter 7 "The Tenacious Color-Line": Tocqueville's Thought in a Post-Du Boisian World; Bibliography; Chapter 8 "The Whole Moral and Intellectual State of a People": Tocqueville on Men, Women, and Mores ... ; American Mores, Democratic Republican Religion, and Women's Roles in Democracy in America, Volume 1; American Equality, Natural Family Feelings, and Women's Roles in Democracy in America, Volume 2
- Tocqueville Today: Women's Rights, Comparative Revolutions, and Contemporary Cultural CommentaryAcknowledgments; Bibliography; Part 5 Citizenship, Participation, and Punishment; Chapter 9 The Dynamics of Political Equality in Rousseau, Tocqueville, and Beyond; Rousseau: Popular Sovereignty as Political Legitimacy and the Problem of Governmental Power; Solving the "Geometry of Power"; Two Virtuous Circles; Tocqueville's Solution to the Rousseau Problem; Tocqueville's Reconciliation of Popular Sovereignty with Governmental Power: Splitting the Difference; In Search of the Virtuous Circle