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Cent-cinquante ans après sa mort, Alexis de Tocqueville reste un mystère. Trop libéral pour la droite, trop aristocrate pour la gauche, il est un démocrate de raison et non de coeur. Son génie est d'avoir pensé la démocratie dans toutes ses dimensions, notamment sa face sombre - la tyrannie de la majorité et sa passion pour l'égalité - qui peut la faire basculer dans le despotisme. Voilà pourquoi il est d'une actualité saisissante au moment où les nations libres traversent une crise sans précédent depuis les années 1930. Nul mieux que lui n'a montré que la démocratie peut s'effondrer de l'intérieur, sous l'effet de l'individualisme, des émotions collectives et de la fascination pour la violence. Nul mieux que lui n'a souligné qu'elle dispose de formidables ressources pour relever les défi s nés des transformations du capitalisme, des régimes ou des idéologies qui entendent la détruire. Car Tocqueville est aussi un combattant de la liberté, qui a lutté pour l'abolition de l'esclavage, la réforme du système pénitentiaire et l'enracinement de la République. Un combattant de la liberté qui nous rappelle qu'elle dépend de l'engagement de chacun à la défendre.

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"In this learned and wide-ranging book, Trevor Shelley engages the controversial topic of globalization through philosophical exegesis of great texts. This study illustrates and defends the idea that at the heart of the human world-in thinking, reflecting, and acting-is the antinomy of the universal and the particular. Various thinkers have emphasized one aspect of this tension over the other. Some thinkers such as Rousseau and Schmitt have defended pure particularity. Others such as Habermas have uncritically welcomed the intimations of the world state. Against these twin extremes of radical nationalism and antipolitical universalism, this book seeks to recover a middle or moderate position, that is, the liberal position. To that end, Shelley traces a tradition of French liberal political thinkers who attempt to take account of both sides of the antinomy: Montesquieu, Tocqueville, and Manent. As Shelley argues, each of these thinkers in his own way defends the integrity of political bodies, denies that the universal perspective is the only legitimate one, and recognizes that, without differences and distinctions across the political landscape, self-government and freedom of action are impossible"--

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Alexis de Tocqueville’s work touched upon an exceptionally broad range of social scientific disciplines, from economics to religion, and from education to international affairs. His work consistently appeals to scholars dismayed by existing disciplinary silos. Tocqueville is also well-regarded for diagnosing both the promise and perils of democratic life. Consideration of his ideas provokes serious consideration of and engagement with contemporary trends as citizens in democratic countries cope with challenges posed by new technological, cultural, and political changes. However, attention to Tocqueville is uneven across disciplines, with political theorists paying him the most heed and economists the least. This volume focuses on political economy, trying to bridge this divide. This book collects essays by emerging scholars from a variety of disciplines—political science, economics, sociology, philosophy, and social thought—to examine Tocqueville’s thoughts on political and social economy and its contemporary relevance. The book is divided into two halves. The first half engages with the main currents of research on Tocqueville’s own thoughts regarding economic institutions, constitutionalism, liberalism, history, and education. The second half applies Tocqueville’s insights to diverse contemporary topics including international relations, citizenship, mass incarceration, and pedagogy. This volume will be of interest to scholars and students interested in Tocqueville, the history of political thought, and a variety of current policy issues.

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