Tocqueville, Democracy, and Religion - Checks and Balances for Democratic Souls

Zusatztext Kahan demonstrates expert intellectual history as well as interrogates the use of good intellectual history... Readers will struggle to find fault. This is intellectual history as it should be written. Informationen zum Autor Alan S. Kahan received his PhD in History from The University of Chicago in 1987, and is currently Professor of British Civilization at the Université de Versailles/St. Quentin. He is the author of Aristocratic Liberalism: The Social and Political Thought of Jacob Burckhardt, John Stuart Mill, and Alexis de Tocqueville (1992); Liberalism in Nineteenth-Century Europe: the Political Culture of Limited Suffrage (2003); Alexis de Tocqueville (2010); and Mind vs. Money: The War Between Intellectuals and Capitalism (2010). Klappentext A groundbreaking study of Tocqueville's views on the role of religion in democratic societies: the separation of church and state and the spiritual checks and balances religion provides to democracy. Intellectually grounded in nineteenth-century French politics, Tocqueville's insights continue to offer new perspectives on this relevant issue. Zusammenfassung A groundbreaking study of Tocqueville's views on the role of religion in democratic societies: the separation of church and state and the spiritual checks and balances religion provides to democracy. Intellectually grounded in nineteenth-century French politics, Tocqueville's insights continue to offer new perspectives on this relevant issue. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part I: Theory 1: Tocqueville the Moralist 2: Enlightened and Romantic Roots of Tocqueville's Moral Science 3: Democratic Grandeur 4: Checks and Balances for Democratic Souls: Religion and Freedom in Democratic Societies 5: Alternative Spiritualities/Alternatives to Spirituality Part II: Applications 6: Religion in America 7: Religion in France 8: Religion Elsewhere 9: Tocqueville Today Appendix: Methodology ...

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• Authors: Alan S. Kahan, Alan S. (Professor of British Civilisation Kahan, Kahan Alan S.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.08.2015
• EAN: 9780199681150
• ISBN: 978-0-19-968115-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Social and cultural history, Religious groups: social & cultural aspects, Social groups: religious groups and communities