More than kings and less than men : Tocqueville on the promise and perils of democratic individualism

More than kings and less than men : Tocqueville on the promise and perils of democratic individualism / L. Joseph Hebert.

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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Main Author: Hebert, L. Joseph (Louie Joseph), 1975-
Format: eBook
Language:English
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.
United States
USA
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