Tocquevillian ideas : contemporary European perspectives / edited by Vbigniew Rau and Marek Tracz-Tryniecki.

Contributor Rau, Vbigniew, editor

Imprint:Lanham, MD : University Press of America, Inc., c2014.

Descriptionv, 171 p. ; 24 cm.

Note:Tocqueville and Europe: what can we learn from him about the past, the present, and the future of the old continent? / Mark Tracz-Tryniecki and Zbigniew Rau -- A prophet -- The American experience -- unity -- European experience -- diversity -- The European idea -- unity -- Tocqueville and the crisis of the European Integration Project concluding remarks: towards a Toquevillean notion of European unity -- Notes -- Tocqueville: a thinker of freedom / Cengiz Cagla -- Tocquevillian Liberty -- State, society and democracy -- Threats to liberty in democracies: Lefort and Richter readers of Tocqueville -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Patriotism in democracy: what we learn from Tocqueville / Ewa Atanassow -- Political sociology of patriotism -- Political psychology of patriotism -- Psychology of patriotism reconsidered -- Patriotism in democracy -- In conclusion: what do we learn from Tocqueville? -- Notes -- Tocqueville on citizen participation / Marinus R.R. Ossewaarde -- Introduction -- Citizen participation according to Tocqueville -- Citizen participation and the era of global capitalism -- Citizen participation, nature and the state -- Citizen participation and the divine significance of democracy -- Citizen participation and the heroism of reason -- Some further reflections on freedom -- Notes -- Tocqueville and the democratic churning / Attila K. Molnar -- The upgraduation of democracy -- What is democracy, and what is not -- Individualism-the ens completum -- Licentiousness: lack of authority, moral limits -- Egoism: privatism and small and materialist joys -- The multitude -- Resentment, jarring -- Security claim -- Collectivist individualism -- Beautiful democracy? -- Notes -- Religion, virtue and the ennobling of democracy: Tocqueville's vision of civic society / Oliver Hidalgo -- The problem of modern civil society: freedom vs. equality -- Religion and virtue as conditions of a free civil society -- Catholicism against Protestantism -- Conclusion: ennobling democracy -- Notes -- Human dignity verses greatness: Tocqueville's dilemma / Marek Tracz-Tryniecki --Human dignity -- Greatness -- Algeria -- Conclusion -- Notes -- The American melting pot as reductionist kettle: religious liberty's worrisome condition / William R. Stevenson, Jr. -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- List of authors -- Information on the Alexis de Tocqueville Centre for Political and Legal Thought.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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