Fragility of freedom, the: tocqueville on religion, democracy, and the american future
Auteur :
Mitchell, Joshua
Éditeur :
The University of Chicago Press
ISBN :
9780226532097
Date de publication :
15 mai 1999
Dimensions :
2,3 x 1,5 x 0,2 cm
Poids :
397 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Though Tocqueville is the main subject, this book also examines Augustine, Hobbes, Rousseau, Hegel and Nietzsche. It offers an interpretation of Tocqueville as a moral historian, concerned less with history as an objective record than as a disclosure of the trajectory of the human spirit.