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Book SynopsisA collection of 18 scholars probe "Democracy in America"'s understanding of the modern world from the perspective of political theory, providing original analyses ranging from close textual exegeses to applications of Tocqueville's method - in one case to contemporary Asia.
Table of ContentsPart 1 Tocqueville and political thought: two ways of conceiving the Republic, Jean Claude Lamberti; in search of the "new science of politics", Wilhelm Hennis; a liberal of a new kind, Bruce James Smith; democracy and pantheism, Peter Augustine Lawler; political sociology versus speculative philosophy, Catherine H. Zuckert. Part 2 Tocqueville and politics: misunderstanding the American founding, Thomas G. West; Jefferson and Tocqueville, James T. Schleifer; modern commerce, John Adams Wettergreen; the illiberal Tocqueville, Edward C. Banfield; centralized administration and the "new despotism", John Marini; political science, political culture and the role of the intellectual, James W. Caeser. Part 3 Tocqueville and Mores: the quest for self - individualism, morality, politics, Robert N. Bellah; the uses and hazards of Christianity in an attempt to save democratic souls, Ralph C. Hancock; rights - a point of honor, Delba Winthrop; on the central doctrine of "democracy in America", George Anastaplo; racial equality in America, William D. Richardson; women's liberation - the relevance of Tocqueville, William Kristol; an Asian perspective, Sombat Chantornvong.
