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Paul A. Rahe, Paul Anthony Rahe

Soft Despotism, Democracy''s Drift - Montesquieu, Rousseau, Tocqueville, and the Modern Prospect

English · Hardback

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Description

Presents an investigation into the thinking of Montesquieu, Rousseau, and Tocqueville. This book argues that these political thinkers anticipated the modern liberal republic's propensity to drift in the direction of soft despotism, a condition that arises within a democracy when paternalistic state power undermines the spirit of self-government.

Product details

Authors	Paul A. Rahe, Paul Anthony Rahe
Publisher	Yale University Press Ltd

Languages	English
Product format	Hardback
Released	17.04.2009

EAN	9780300144925
ISBN	978-0-300-14492-5
No. of pages	384
Subject	Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education

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