Nietzsche and Tocqueville on the Democratization of Humanity

This book provides an extended examination of Nietzsche and Tocqueville's political thought, with an eye to shedding light on history's democratic drift. It looks not only to a future that filled both thinkers with dread, but also to an aristocratic past that has been all but drowned beneath democracy's shallow waters.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Note to the Reader
Introduction
Chapter One: Homo(genized) Sapiens
Chapter Two: Aristocratic Man
Chapter Three: The Revolutions
Chapter Four: Democratic Man
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

About the author

David A. Eisenberg is associate professor of political science at Eureka College.

Summary

This book provides an extended examination of Nietzsche and Tocqueville's political thought, with an eye to shedding light on history's democratic drift. It looks not only to a future that filled both thinkers with dread, but also to an aristocratic past that has been all but drowned beneath democracy's shallow waters.

Product details

• Authors: David A. Eisenberg
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2022
• EAN: 9781793627872
• ISBN: 978-1-79362-787-2
• No. of pages: 324
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, General & world history, Social & political philosophy, Political structures: democracy