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Bezig met laden... Tocqueville's Road Map: Methodology, Liberalism, Revolution, and Despotismdoor Roger Boesche
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Given the resurgence of interest in the political thought of Tocqueville, and the ideological nature of the major streams of interpretation that have emerged, this balanced collection of articles by one of the leading scholars of Tocqueville is most welcome. In the course of nine previously published essays, Boesche (Occidental College) surveys the major issues associated with the study of Tocqueville. The first two chapters address Tocqueville's role as a prognosticator of social and political change and as a classical liberal thinker. Chapters three, four, and five analyze Tocqueville's assessments of capitalism, revolutionary movements, and the use of military force. The final four chapters are attempts to relate Tocqueville's insights to contemporary problems of nihilism, prison reform, tyranny, and journalism. The second chapter on Tocqueville's "strange liberalism," which the author describes as Tocqueville's criticism of the pursuit of self-interest without restraint, makes a significant contribution to current scholarship. The defense of the historical nature of Tocqueville's writings will challenge some contemporary assessments as well. The author provides a thoughtful, perhaps more ambiguous view of Tocqueville, that is both incisive and compelling. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
One of the country's foremost Tocqueville scholars, Roger Boesche has gathered together his writings on Tocqueville from the last quarter century. These essays focus on specific aspects of Tocqueville's political thought: the methodology that Tocqueville brought to his historical and political writings allowing him to predict so well; his assumptions about what constitutes a revolution; his conviction that democracy and commerce at times work against each other; why Tocqueville's thought defies our modern political classifications; his fear of a qualitatively new kind of despotism; and Tocqueville's predictions for the future compared to those of Nietzsche, Arendt, and others. Tocqueville's Road Map is a long overdue addition to Tocqueville scholarship that will find an audience amongst scholars of political thought and history. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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