Tocqueville and the American experiment

Professor Cook leads you on an engaging and energetic discussion on Alexis de Tocqueville, his journey, his writing of Democracy in America and, most of all, his thoughts on the young nation he was observing. For Tocqueville, it seems, had opinions about almost everything he encountered in America,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cook, William R. 1943- (-)
Corporate Author: Teaching Company (-)
Format: DVD
Language:Inglés
Published: Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co cop. 2004
Series:The Great courses. Philosophy & intellectual history
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Table of Contents:
  • Vol. 1: An overview of democracy in America
  • Alexis de Tocqueville--a brief biography
  • The journey to America
  • Equality of conditions and freedom
  • The foundations of the American experience
  • Does America have a mixed constitution?
  • The American Constitution
  • The judiciary and lawyers in America
  • Democracy and local government
  • Freedom of speech in theory and practice
  • Freedom of the press
  • Political parties
  • Vol. 2: The problem of the tyranny of the majority
  • Political associations
  • Civil associations
  • Blacks and Indians
  • Mores and democracy
  • Christianity and democracy
  • Education and culture in democracies
  • Individualism in America
  • The desire for wealth in America
  • The democratic family
  • Are democracy and excellence compatible?
  • Tocqueville's unanswered questions