The Man Who Understood Democracy : The Life of Alexis de Tocqueville /

"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zunz, Olivier (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2022]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Tocqueville, Alexis de, > 1805-1859.
Tocqueville, Alexis de, > 1805-1859 > Political and social views.
Political scientists.
Political and social views.
Democracy > Philosophy.
Aristocracy (Social class)
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Philosophers.
Politologues > États-Unis > Biographies.
Politologues > France > Biographies.
Political scientists > United States > Biography.
Political scientists > France > Biography.
Aristocracy (Social class) > France.
United States.
France.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Prologue
  • 1. Learning to Doubt
  • 2. "Everything about the Americans Is Extraordinary
  • 3. A Crash Course in Democracy
  • 4. Writing America in Reverse Order: Prisons First, Then Freedom
  • 5. Testing American Equality against British Inequality
  • 6. When Political Theory Becomes Politics
  • Color Plates
  • 7. A Synthesis of Thought and Action
  • 8. Abolitionist, Nationalist, and Colonialist
  • 9. Crushed at the Helm
  • 10. A Revolution "Fully Formed from the Society That It Was to Destroy
  • 11. Catholicity and Liberty
  • Epilogue
  • Note on Sources
  • Notes

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