An edition of De la démocratie en Amérique (1835)

La democracia en América

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An edition of De la démocratie en Amérique (1835)

La democracia en América

  • 4.50 ·
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  • 57 Want to read
  • 6 Currently reading
  • 2 Have read

«Las sociedades políticas son, no lo que les hacen las leyes, sino lo que les preparan a ser de antemano los sentimientos, las creencias, las ideas, los hábitos de corazón y de mente de los hombres que las componen, lo que el temperamento y la educación han hecho de ellos. Si esta verdad no sale de todas las partes de mi libro, si no lleva a los lectores a examinarse continuamente a sí mismos, si no les muestra a cada instante, sin hacer alarde de tener la pretensión de enseñarles, cuáles son los sentimientos, las ideas, las costumbres que únicamente pueden conducir a la prosperidad y a la libertad pública, cuáles son los vicios y los errores que, por contra, les apartan irrefutablemente de ellas, no habré alcanzado el principal y, por así decir, el único objetivo que tengo en vista».

Toda la obra de Tocqueville es una reflexión sobre la libertad o su ausencia, el despotismo. Su estudio de la realidad política y social de Estados Unidos le permitió diagnosticar los peligros que acarrea una democracia basada exclusivamente en la igualdad, el individualismo y el bienestar material. Esta edición de La democracia en América incorpora notas, correspondencias, variantes e inéditos.

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Trotta
Language
Spanish
Pages
1358

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Cover of: La democracia en América
La democracia en América
2010, Trotta
Hardcover in Spanish
Cover of: Democracy In America
Democracy In America
1999, Project Gutenberg
in English
Cover of: Democracy in America
Democracy in America
1990, Vintage Books
in English
Cover of: Democracy in America.
Democracy in America.
1966, Harper & Row
in English - [1st ed.]
Cover of: Democracy in America
Democracy in America
1899, Colonial Press
- Rev. ed. --
Cover of: Democracy in America
Democracy in America
1863, Sever and Francis
Cover of: Democracy in America
Democracy in America
1863, Sever and Francis
in English
Cover of: Democracy in America, tr. by H. Reeve
Cover of: Democracy in America
Democracy in America
1841, J. & H.G. Langley
- 4th ed., rev. and corr. from the 8th Paris e
Cover of: Democracy in America
Democracy in America
1839, G. Adlard
in English - 3rd American ed., rev. and corr.
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Democracy in America
1835, Saunders and Otley
in English

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Published in
Madrid, Spain
Translation Of
De la démocratie en Amérique
Translated From
French

Contributors

Translator
Eduardo Nolla

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
1358

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26393395M
ISBN 10
8498791227
ISBN 13
9788498791228
OCLC/WorldCat
644687711

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Work Description

A contemporary study of the early American nation and its evolving democracy, from a French aristocrat and sociologist.

In 1831 Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat and ambitious civil servant, set out from post-revolutionary France on a journey across America that would take him 9 months and cover 7,000 miles. The result was Democracy in America, a subtle and prescient analysis of the life and institutions of 19th-century America. Tocqueville looked to the flourishing democratic system in America as a possible model for post-revolutionary France, believing that the egalitarian ideals it enshrined reflected the spirit of the age and even divine will. His study of the strengths and weaknesses of an evolving democratic society has been quoted by every American president since Eisenhower, and remains a key point of reference for any discussion of the American nation or the democratic system.

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