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Tocqueville, democracy, and religion : checks and balances for democratic souls / Alan S. Kahan.
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015Edition: First edition.Description: 1 online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191761256 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859
| Religion and politics | Democracy -- Religious aspectsAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780199681150DDC classification: 322.1 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: The relationship between democracy and religion is as important today as it was in Alexis de Tocqueville's time. This is a ground-breaking study of the views of the greatest theorist of democracy on one of today's most crucial problems. A well-known Tocqueville scholar, Kahan shows how Tocqueville's analysis of religion is simultaneously deeply rooted in his analysis of nineteenth-century France and America and pertinent today.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The relationship between democracy and religion is as important today as it was in Alexis de Tocqueville's time. This is a ground-breaking study of the views of the greatest theorist of democracy on one of today's most crucial problems. A well-known Tocqueville scholar, Kahan shows how Tocqueville's analysis of religion is simultaneously deeply rooted in his analysis of nineteenth-century France and America and pertinent today.
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