The Anthem Companion to Alexis de Tocqueville

Herausgeber: Gordon, Daniel

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Produktbeschreibung

'The Anthem Companion to Alexis de Tocqueville' contains original interpretations of Tocqueville's major writings on democracy and revolution as well as his lesser- known writings on colonies, prisons and minorities. Each chapter compares Tocqueville's ideas on a given subject with those of other leading social theorists.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 587g
• ISBN-13: 9781783089758
• ISBN-10: 178308975X
• Artikelnr.: 56011793

Autorenporträt

Edited by Daniel Gordon

Inhaltsangabe

Editor's Introduction: Tocqueville and the Sociological Conversation, Daniel Gordon
A Note on References to Democracy in America
Part 1. Religion and Immaterial Interests
1. Tocqueville on Religion, Raymond Hain
2. Unmasking Religion: Marx's Stance, Tocqueville's Alternative, Peter Baehr
Part 2. Language, Literature and Social Theory
3. Tocqueville Mortal and Immortal: Power and Style, Judith Adler
4. Tocqueville and Linguistic Innovation, Daniel Gordon
Part 3. Globalism and Empire
5. Noble Comparisons, Andreas Hess
6. Tocqueville and Lévi-Strauss: Democratic Revolution at Bookends of Empire, Andrew Dausch
Part 4. Inequalities Inside Democracy
7. 'The Tenacious Color-Line': Tocqueville's Thought in a Post-Du Boisian World, Patrick H. Breen
8. 'The Whole Moral and Intellectual State of a People': Tocqueville on Men, Women and Mores in the United States and Europe, Jean Elisabeth Pedersen
Part 5. Citizenship, Participation and Punishment
9. The Dynamics of Political Equality in Rousseau, Tocqueville and Beyond, Peter Breiner
10. Tocqueville and Beaumont on the US Penitentiary System, Chris Barker
Part 6. An Unfinished Project
11. Tocqueville and the French Revolution, Patrice Higonnet and Daniel Gordon
Index.