Soft despotism, democracy's drift : Montesquieu, Rousseau, Tocqueville, and the modern prospect / Paul A. Rahe.
2009
JC423 .R246 2009 (Mapit)
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Title
Soft despotism, democracy's drift : Montesquieu, Rousseau, Tocqueville, and the modern prospect / Paul A. Rahe.
Author
Rahe, Paul Anthony.
ISBN
9780300144925 (alk. paper)
030014492X (alk. paper)
9780300164237 (pbk.)
0300164238 (pbk.)
030014492X (alk. paper)
9780300164237 (pbk.)
0300164238 (pbk.)
Publication Details
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2009.
Language
English
Description
xxiii, 374 p. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
JC423 .R246 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
321.8
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of 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.
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.