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Tocqueville, Jansenism, and the necessity of the political in a democratic age : building a republic for the moderns /

Before being declared heretical in 1713, Jansenism was a Catholic movement focused on such central issues as original sin and predestination. In this engaging book, David Selby explores how the Jansenist tradition shaped Alexis de Tocqueville's life and works and argues that once that connectio...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Selby, David A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2015.
Series:Intellectual and political history ; 2.
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Online Access:Texto completo