James T Kloppenberg

Toward Democracy

The Struggle for Self-Rule in European and American Thought

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Produktbeschreibung

James T. Kloppenberg explores the evolution of democracy, and specifically, the European influences on American ideas of a democratic society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 912
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 161mm x 60mm
• Gewicht: 1391g
• ISBN-13: 9780195054613
• ISBN-10: 019505461X
• Artikelnr.: 44821688

Autorenporträt

James T. Kloppenberg is Charles Warren Professor of American History at Harvard University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction: The Paradoxes of Democracy in History
Part One: Roots and Branches
1. Born in Bloodshed: The Origins Democracy
2. Voices in the Wilderness: Democracies in North America
3. Democracy Deferred: The English Civil War
4. Coup d'Etat: 1688 in England and America
Part Two: Trial and Error
5. Sympathy, Will, and Democracy in the Enlightenments of Europe
6. Enlightenment, Faith, and Resistance in America
7. Democracy and American Independence
8. Constituting American Democracy
9. Ratification and Reciprocity
Part Three: Failure in Success
10. Delusions of Unity and Collisions with Tradition in France
11. Virtue and Violence in the French Revolution
12. Democracy in the Wake of Terror
13. Diagnosing Cultures of Democracy in America and Europe
14. The Tragic Irony of Democracy
Notes