The Anthem companion to Alexis de Tocqueville / edited by Daniel Gordon
- Published:
- London ; New York : Anthem Press, 2019.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 244 pages ; 23 cm.
- Additional Creators:
- Gordon, Daniel, 1961-
- Series:
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Religion And Immaterial Interests -- ch. 1 Tocqueville on Religion / Raymond Hain -- ch. 2 Unmasking Religion: Marx's Stance, Tocqueville's Alternative / Peter Baehr -- pt. 2 Language, Literature, And Social Theory -- ch. 3 Tocqueville Mortal and Immortal: Power and Style / Judith Adler -- ch. 4 Tocqueville and Linguistic Innovation / Daniel Gordon -- pt. 3 Globalism And Empire -- ch. 5 Noble Comparisons / Andreas Hess -- ch. 6 Tocqueville and Levi-Strauss: Democratic Revolution at Bookends of Empire / Andrew R. Dausch -- pt. 4 Inequalities Inside Democracy -- ch. 7 "The Tenacious Color-Line": Tocqueville's Thought in a Post-Du Boisian World / Patrick H. Breen -- ch. 8 "The Whole Moral and Intellectual State of a People": Tocqueville on Men, Women, and Mores in the United States and Europe / Jean Elisabeth Pedersen -- pt. 5 Citizenship, Participation, And Punishment -- ch. 9 The Dynamics of Political Equality in Rousseau, Tocqueville, and Beyond / Peter Breiner -- ch. 10 Tocqueville and Beaumont on the US Penitentiary System / Chris Barker -- pt. 6 An Unfinished Project -- ch. 11 Tocqueville on the French Revolution / Daniel Gordon.
- Summary:
- "The Anthem Companion to Alexis de Tocqueville contains original interpretations of Tocquevilles major writings on democracy and revolution as well as his lesser-known writings on colonies, prisons and minorities. The Introduction by Daniel Gordon discusses how Tocqueville was canonized during the Cold War and the need to reassess the place of Tocquevilles voice in the conversation of post-Marxist social theory. Each of the contributors compares Tocquevilles ideas on a given subject with those of other major social theorists, including Bourdieu, Dahl, Du Bois, Foucault, Lévi-Strauss and Marx.This comprehensive volume is based on the idea that Tocqueville was not merely a 'founder' or 'precursor' whose ideas have been absorbed into modern social science. The broad questions that Tocqueville raised, his comparative vision, and his unique vocabulary and style can inspire deeper thinking in the social sciences today." -- Back cover.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 178308975X
9781783089758 - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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