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Soft despotism, democracy's drift : Montesquieu, Rousseau, Tocqueville, and the modern prospect / Paul A. Rahe

Author
Rahe, Paul Anthony
Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2009]
Copyright Date
©2009
Physical Description
xxiii, 374 pages ; 25 cm

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Contents
The Modern Republic Examined. Principles ; Uneasiness -- The Modern Republic Revisited. The Enlightenment Indicted ; Sociability as a Malady ; Citizenship as a Remedy -- The Democratic Republic Considered. Democratic Despotism ; American Exceptionalism ; The French Disease ; A Despotism of Administrators.
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ISBN
9780300144925 (alk. paper)
030014492X (alk. paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-349) and index.
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