ISBN:
9780199681150
,
0199681155
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
x, 246 pages
,
24 cm
Ausgabe:
First edition
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als Kahan, Alan S. Tocqueville, democracy, and religion
DDC:
322.1
Schlagwort(e):
Tocqueville, Alexis de 1805-1859
;
Tocqueville, Alexis de Political and social views
;
Religion and politics
;
Democracy Religious aspects
;
Democracy Religious aspects
;
Christianity
;
United States Politics and government
;
Philosophy
;
Tocqueville, Alexis de 1805-1859
;
Religion
;
Demokratie
Kurzfassung:
A ground-breaking study of the views of the greatest theorist of democracy writing about one of our most pressing issues. Alan S. Kahan, a leading Tocqueville scholar, shows how Tocqueville's analysis of religion is simultaneously deeply rooted in his thoughts on nineteenth-century France and America and pertinent to us today--
Kurzfassung:
Introduction. 1. Theory: Tocqueville the moralist -- Enlightened and romantic roots of Tocqueville's moral science -- Democratic grandeur -- Checks and balances for democratic souls, religion and freedom -- Alternative spiritualities and alternatives to spirituality. 2. Applications: Religion in America -- Religion in France -- Religion elsewhere -- Tocqueville today. Appendix: methodology. Bibliography. Index
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Introduction. 1. Theory: Tocqueville the moralistEnlightened and romantic roots of Tocqueville's moral science -- Democratic grandeur -- Checks and balances for democratic souls, religion and freedom -- Alternative spiritualities and alternatives to spirituality. 2. Applications: Religion in America -- Religion in France -- Religion elsewhere -- Tocqueville today. Appendix: methodology. Bibliography. Index.
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Literaturverz. S. 225 - 230
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