Tocquevillian Ideas

Autorentext
Zbigniew Rau is Director of the Alexis de Tocqueville Center for Political and Legal Thought. He is the author of many books, including Contractarianism versus Holism: Reinterpreting Locke's Two Treatises of Government (University Press of America, 1995). He has held numerous academic appointments including those at Trinity College, Cambridge, Bowling Green State University, Stanford University and the Australian National University. He has also served as Senator of the Republic of Poland and as a Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Marek Tracz-Tryniecki is a researcher at the Alexis de Tocqueville Centre for Political and Legal Though at the University of Lodz. He is the author of the first Polish monograph on Tocqueville's political and legal thought and numerous articles concerning the different aspects of his thought, including natural law, economic crisis, constitutional law and colonial policy.

Klappentext
This book presents Tocqueville's vision of the European continent, exploring his ideas of liberty, virtue, religion, patriotism, civic participation and democracy. Although Tocqueville is often revered as a classic writer on the subject of American democracy, this book focuses on the multifaceted importance of his ideas within a European context.

Inhalt
1. Tocqueville and Europe: What Can We Learn from Him about the Past, the Present and the Future of the Old Continent? By Zbigniew Rau and Marek Tracz-Tryniecki A prophet The American Experience-Unity European Experience-Diversity The European Idea-Unity Tocqueville and the Crisis of the European Integration Project Concluding Remarks: Towards a Toquevillean Notion of European Unity 2. Tocqueville: A Thinker of Freedom By Cengiz Çäla Tocquevillian Liberty State, Society and Democracy Threats to Liberty in Democracies: Lefort and Richter readers of Tocqueville Conclusion 3. Patriotism in Democracy: What We Learn from Tocqueville By Ewa Atanassow Political Sociology of Patriotism Political Psychology of Patriotism Psychology of Patriotism Reconsidered Patriotism in Democracy In Conclusion: What do we learn from Tocqueville? 4. Tocqueville on Citizen Participation By Marinus R.R. Ossewaarde Introduction Citizen participation according to Tocqueville Citizen participation and the era of global capitalism Citizen participation, nature and the state Citizen participation and the divine significance of democracy Citizen participation and the heroism of reason Some further reflections on freedom 5. Tocqueville and the Democratic Churning By Attila K. Molnár The upgraduation of democracy What is democracy, and what is not. Individualism-the ens completum The multitude Collectivist individualism Beautiful democracy? 6. Religion, Virtue and the Ennobling of Democracy: Tocqueville's Vision of Civic Society By Oliver Hidalgo The Problem of Modern Civil Society: Freedom vs. Equality Religion and Virtue as Conditions of a Free Civil Society Catholicism against Pantheism Conclusion: Ennobling Democracy 7. Human Dignity versus Greatness: Tocqueville's Dilemma By Marek Tracz-Tryniecki Human dignity Greatness Algeria Conclusion 8. The American Melting Pot as Reductionist Kettle: Religious Liberty's Worrisome Condition By William R. Stevenson, Jr Bibliography List of Authors Information on the Alexis de Tocqueville Centre for Political and Legal Thought

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