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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... reason as well as to the common custom of nations to seek the judgment of a court represent- ing another sovereign power . It is for the federal courts alone to decide . When two individuals from two different states are parties to a ...
... reason as well as to the common custom of nations to seek the judgment of a court represent- ing another sovereign power . It is for the federal courts alone to decide . When two individuals from two different states are parties to a ...
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... reason to fear new needs , because all needs are easily satisfied . There is no reason to dread unleashing a surfeit of passions , because all passions find easy and salutary nourishment . Amer- icans cannot have too much freedom ...
... reason to fear new needs , because all needs are easily satisfied . There is no reason to dread unleashing a surfeit of passions , because all passions find easy and salutary nourishment . Amer- icans cannot have too much freedom ...
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... reason to believe that the intellectual ascendancy of the majority would be less absolute in a democratic nation subject to a king than in a pure democracy , but it will always be quite absolute , and regardless of what political laws ...
... reason to believe that the intellectual ascendancy of the majority would be less absolute in a democratic nation subject to a king than in a pure democracy , but it will always be quite absolute , and regardless of what political laws ...
Contenido
Introduction | 3 |
The Outward Configuration of North America | 21 |
4 | 31 |
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