Tocqueville, democracy, and religion checks and balances for democratic souls
A ground-breaking study of the views of the greatest theorist of democracy writing about one of our most pressing issues. Alan S. Kahan, a leading Tocqueville scholar, shows how Tocqueville's analysis of religion is simultaneously deeply rooted in his thoughts on nineteenth-century France and A...
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York, NY :
Oxford University Press
2015
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction. 1. Theory: Tocqueville the moralist
- Enlightened and romantic roots of Tocqueville's moral science
- Democratic grandeur
- Checks and balances for democratic souls, religion and freedom
- Alternative spiritualities and alternatives to spirituality. 2. Applications: Religion in America
- Religion in France
- Religion elsewhere
- Tocqueville today. Appendix: methodology. Bibliography. Index.
