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More Than Kings and Less Than Men: Tocqueville on the Promise and Perils of Democratic Individualism
Hebert, L Joseph, Jr.
More Than Kings and Less Than Men: Tocqueville on the Promise and Perils of Democratic Individualism
Hebert, L Joseph, Jr.
This book explains why Tocqueville saw the central task of modern statesmanship as combating 'individualism, ' a type of civic apathy that he thought capable of robbing modern citizens of human virtue and issuing in a historically unprecedented form of despotism. It looks in depth at the mechanisms he proposed for avoiding the perils and securing t
226 pages
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | January 25, 2010 |
ISBN13 | 9780739133743 |
Publishers | Lexington Books |
Pages | 226 |
Dimensions | 162 × 240 × 20 mm · 494 g |
Language | English |
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