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Há 3 dias · Alexis de Tocqueville, em ¿A Democracia na América¿, obra publicada em 1835, nos alerta justamente para os perigos daquilo que chama ¿tirania da maioria¿ nos processos eleitorais democráticos. Assim, segundo o autor
Há 23 horas · American social trust has been collapsing for several decades now. This crisis of distrust affects not only individuals but the institutions of our society. Yet, it is rather unclear from the scholarly literature where this distrust in institutions arises. This essay begins with a consideration of what is an institution and then articulates a definition of institutions as “social ...
Há 2 dias · Alexis de Tocqueville: Biography and Political Career; Alexis de Tocqueville: General Works; Alexis de Tocqueville: Historical Thought and Philosophy of History; Alexis de Tocqueville: Human Rights, Slavery, and Race Relations; Alexis de Tocqueville: Influence and Application of His Thought (Including Contemporary Commentaries) Alexis de ...
Há 23 horas · The founders thought civic virtue was critical for self-government, and French historian and philosopher Alexis de Tocqueville, who visited America in the early years of our country, believed Americans possessed a unique measure of civic virtue compared to the nations that had come before it that gave him hope for the new nation’s prospects.
Há 5 dias · Alexis de Tocqueville. © SIPA. Le fantôme de la guerre civile hante nos esprits. Pour certains, elle bat déjà son plein, tandis que pour d’autres, son ombre ne fait que s’étirer à l’horizon,...
Há 5 dias · They follow Alexis de Tocqueville in thinking there is a deep affinity between Christian doctrine and the Left’s push for more equality: with its traditional elevation of the poor and humble and its castigation of the rich and powerful, Christianity is in an important respect a more natural ally for the Left than for the Right.
Há 23 horas · Alexis de Tocqueville came to the same conclusion roughly a half-century later when he traveled the United States and concluded that the general spread and acceptance of Christian faith was the fabric that held the new nation together.
