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Informationen zum Autor AGNES ANTOINE Doctor in Political Sciences, currently holds a Professorship, Ecoles des Hautes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, FranceSERGE AUDIER Doctor in Philosophy, currently lectures on Moral and Political Philosophy, Sorbonne University, Paris IV, FranceJEAN-LOUIS BENOIT Former lecturer at the University of Caen, FrancePAUL CLITEUR Professor of Jurisprudence, University of Leiden, The NetherlandsRINGO OSSEWAARDE Lecturer in Sociology, University of Twente, The NetherlandsJENNIFER PITTS Assistant Professor of Politics, Princeton University, USALARRY SIEDENTOP Professor Emeritus at Keble College, University of Oxford, UKWILFRIED SWENDEN Lecturer in Politics, University of Edinburgh, UKCHERYL WELCH Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Simmons College, USA Klappentext This volume sets up a dialogue between the 'historical' and the 'contemporary' Tocqueville. How does a contextualization of Tocqueville, or a focus on his embeddedness in nineteenth-century political culture, add to our understanding of his political thought? How has the use of his writings in political debate influenced the reception of his work? Zusammenfassung This volume sets up a dialogue between the 'historical' and the 'contemporary' Tocqueville. How does a contextualization of Tocqueville! or a focus on his embeddedness in nineteenth-century political culture! add to our understanding of his political thought? How has the use of his writings in political debate influenced the reception of his work? Inhaltsverzeichnis Tocqueville Today? Contexts, Interpretations and Usages; R.Geenens & A.De Dijn Liberalism, Democracy, and Empire: Tocqueville on Algeria; J.Pitts Creating Concitoyens : Tocqueville on the Legacy of Slavery; C. Welch Reading Tocqueville: Diachrony, Synchrony, Ideology and New Perspectives; J-L.Benoît The Return of Tocqueville in Contemporary Political Thought: Individualism, Associationism, Republicanism; S.Audier Democratic Threats and Threats to Democracy ; R. Ossewaarde A Secular Reading of Alexis de Tocqueville; P.Cliteur Democracy and Religion: Some Tocquevillian Perspectives; A.Antoine Tocqueville, European Integration and Free Mœurs; L.Siedentop Tocqueville and European Federalism. A Reply to Larry Siedentop; W.Swenden Bibliography...
