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Lädt ... De la démocratie en Amérique: Tome 1 (French Edition) (Original 1835; 2001. Auflage)von Alexis de Tocqueville
Werk-InformationenDemocracy in America, Volume I von Alexis de Tocqueville (1835)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. «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 Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) es una reflexión sobre la libertad o su ausencia, el despotismo. Tanto en La democracia en América (1835 y 1840), como en El Antiguo Régimen y la Revolución (1856), obra que dejó inacabada, explora la forma de conseguir que el régimen democrático posterior a 1789 sea tan igualitario como libre. Nadie como Tocqueville ha sabido defender la libertad y anunciar los peligros que pueden ir unidos a construir una democracia basada exclusivamente en la igualdad, el individualismo y el bienestar material. La democracia en América ha pasado de ser «el mejor libro nunca escrito sobre los Estados Unidos» a ser también «el mejor libro sobre la democracia». En esta edición crítica se reproducen notas, correspondencias, comentarios, variantes y fragmentos inéditos que ayudan a comprender mejor el pensamiento de Tocqueville y el complejo proceso de redacción del libro. Alexis de Tocqueville was a Frenchman who spent most of 1831 traveling in the United States and who wrote a two-volume book about what he learned there. The first volume describes the geography of the North American continent, the political organization of the U.S., the character of the Americans, and the relationships among the Anglo-Americans, African Americans, and Native Americans, among other things. This is not the type of book that you sit down and read straight through. It took me around three months to get through it in bits and pieces between reading other things. Because of that, this is a difficult review to write. There were parts of it that absolutely bored me to tears, and there were other parts that were quite interesting, especially considering some of the things that are going on in the U.S. today. Overall, I’m glad I read it, and I will read the second volume eventually, but I’ll take a bit of a break first. And a few quotes for those who are interested: “A false notion which is clear and precise will always meet with a greater number of adherents in the world than a true principle which is obscure or involved.” “All the domestic controversies of the Americans at first appear to a stranger to be so incomprehensible and so puerile that he is at a loss whether to pity a people which takes such arrant trifles in good earnest, or to envy the happiness which enables it to discuss them.” “The language in which a thought is embodied is the mere carcass of the thought, and not the idea itself.” keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
Over the course of nine months in 1831 Alexis de Tocqueville, a French political thinker, and accompanied by Gustave de Beaumont, travelled the United States under the pretext of studying the American prison system. Over the course of his travels, Tocqueville also studied American society, religion, politics, and economics, undertaking what would become one of the most comprehensive studies to that time of the practice of democracy in the United States. Democracy in America: Volume I explores the factors that contributed to the success of democracy in the United States, as well as the possible future of democracy in light of the unique religion and socio-economic factors that existed in the United States at that time. It was first published in 1835, preceding Volume II by approximately five years. Democracy in America is today considered one of the foundational works of political science. HarperTorch brings great works of non-fiction and the dramatic arts to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperTorch collection to build your digital library. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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