David Selby

Tocqueville, Jansenism, and the Necessity of the Political in a Democratic Age

Building a Republic for the Moderns

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Produktbeschreibung

Engaging, interdisciplinary work exploring the influence of the Jansenist tradition on Alexis de Tocqueville's life and works. The most comprehensive treatment of the subject to date.

Produktdetails

• Intellectual and Political History
• Verlag: Amsterdam University Press
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 592g
• ISBN-13: 9789089646057
• ISBN-10: 9089646051
• Artikelnr.: 41630627

Autorenporträt

David Selby is a Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley and adjunct faculty at Ohlone Junior College. Trained in Political Science, he has published several articles about Alexis de Tocqueville in The Tocqueville Review and The Journal of Church and State.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Jansenism and Republicanism in France
1648-1789
2. Tocqueville
Jansenism
and French Political Culture
1789-1859
3. The Necessity of the Political in a Democratic Age (I): The Politics of Providence in the Author's Introduction to Democracy in America
4. The Necessity of the Political in a Democratic Age (II): Tocqueville's Modern Republicanism and the Dogma of the Sovereignty of the People
5. The Necessity of the Political in a Democratic Age (III): The Enlightened Interest of the Americans
6. The Necessity of the Political in a Democratic Age (IV): The Freedom of Education and the Twin Tolerations in France
1843-1850
7. The Necessity of the Political in a Democratic Age (V): Tocqueville Antinomies
the Political Utility of Religion
and the American Double Foundation Conclusion: Building a Republic for the Moderns
Bibliography