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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hebert, L. Joseph (Louie Joseph), 1975-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, ©2010.
Subjects:
Tocqueville, Alexis de, > 1805-1859. > De la démocratie en Amérique.
Tocqueville, Alexis de, > 1805-1859 > Political and social views.
Tocqueville, Alexis de, > 1805-1859
Tocqueville, Alexis de. > De la démocratie en Amérique.
Tocqueville, Alexis de.
De la démocratie en Amérique (Tocqueville, Alexis de)
Democracy.
Individualism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Democracy.
Democracy
Individualism
Political and social views
Politics and government
Demokratie
Politische Philosophie
Individualismus
United States > Politics and government.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement.
United States
USA
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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