Democracy in AmericaLibrary of America, 2004 - 941 páginas Alexis de Tocqueville, a young aristocratic French lawyer, came to the United States in 1831 to study its penitentiary systems. His nine-month visit and subsequent reading and reflection resulted in Democracy in America (1835-40), a landmark masterpiece of political observation and analysis. Tocqueville vividly describes the unprecedented social equality he found in America and explores its implications for European society in the emerging modern era. His book provides enduring insight into the political consequences of widespread property ownership, the potential dangers to liberty inherent in majority rule, the importance of civil institutions in an individualistic culture dominated by the pursuit of material self-interest, and the vital role of religion in American life, while prophetically probing the deep differences between the free and slave states. The clear, fluid, and vigorous translation by Arthur Goldhammer is the first to fully capture Tocqueville's achievements both as an accomplished literary stylist and as a profound political thinker. |
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... dangerous enemies of the state may not hold office . This is especially true in republics , where power stems primarily from the favor of political parties , and a man is often all the more formidable because he exercises no legal power ...
... dangerous enemies of the state may not hold office . This is especially true in republics , where power stems primarily from the favor of political parties , and a man is often all the more formidable because he exercises no legal power ...
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... dangerous to underestimate it as to overestimate it . Federal judges must therefore be more than just good citi- zens , educated and upright men , for these are qualities neces- sary in any magistrate ; they must also be statesmen ...
... dangerous to underestimate it as to overestimate it . Federal judges must therefore be more than just good citi- zens , educated and upright men , for these are qualities neces- sary in any magistrate ; they must also be statesmen ...
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... dangerous means to limit it seems to me still to be a good thing . At this point I shall venture to express a thought that may remind the reader of what I said earlier about local liberties : nowhere are associations more necessary to ...
... dangerous means to limit it seems to me still to be a good thing . At this point I shall venture to express a thought that may remind the reader of what I said earlier about local liberties : nowhere are associations more necessary to ...
Contenido
Introduction | 3 |
The Outward Configuration of North America | 21 |
4 | 31 |
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