Tocqueville, democracy, and religion : checks and balances for democratic souls

Tocqueville, democracy, and religion checks and balances for democratic souls

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 Am...

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1. Verfasser: Kahan, Alan S. (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Tocqueville, Alexis de (BerichterstatterIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Oxford u.a. Oxford University Press 2015
Ausgabe:First edition
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Tocqueville, Alexis de 1805-1859 > Tocqueville, Alexis de > Political and social views > Religion and politics > Democracy > Religious aspects > United States > Politics and government > Religion > Demokratie
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Zusammenfassung: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.
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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--
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:x, 246 pages
24 cm
ISBN:9780199681150
978-0-19-968115-0
0199681155
0-19-968115-5