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S'està carregant… Democracy in America, Volume 2 (Vintage Classics) (1840 original; edició 1990)de Alexis de Tocqueville (Autor)
Informació de l'obraDemocracy in America, Volume 2 (Vintage Classics) de Alexis de Tocqueville (1840)
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. Otro clasico. y van varios este año, me gusto mas la primera parte, no obstante buenos analisis sobre los ejercitos ( ) Alexis de Tocqueville was a Frenchman who traveled extensively in America in the 1800s. While volume I focused more on describing the form and workings of the American government, volume II switches gears to explain the philosophy, arts, values, and morals of the American people. The second volume was easier to read than the first because the chapters were shorter and more manageable. Even so, I had to take this book in small doses interspersed with other, lighter reading. It was interesting to see that much of what de Tocqueville said and predicted is still true today, although he was wrong about quite a few things as well. The more things change, the more they stay the same, for example: ”… Washington had lost the majority in the House of Representatives. The violence of the language used against him in public was extreme, and in a political meeting they did not scruple to compare him indirectly to the treacherous Arnold.” I would love to leave this on my boss’s desk: “The man of action is frequently obliged to content himself with the best he can get, because he would never accomplish his purpose if he chose to carry every detail to perfection.” This one is interesting considering recent world events: “It is a fallacy to flatter ourselves with the reflection that the barbarians are still far from us; for if there be some nations which allow civilization to be torn from their grasp, there are others who trample it themselves under their feet.” I’m not touching this one: “Religious insanity is very common in the United States.” De Tocqueville said the first volume of Democracy in America was more about America, the second more about democracy. The introduction by Mansfield and Winthrop, the translators and editors of the edition I read, called it both the best book on America and the best on democracy. The first volume was a popular bestseller in its day, the second a more modest success, and I can understand that. I rated the first volume five stars, this volume is getting quite a bit lower. It's still well worth reading--there are startling insights in this book, they're just to me less striking and come less often. As De Tocqueville noted, the first book is more on America, and is grounded in a lot of telling observations. Not that it's absent in this second book, but this one is a lot more theoretical, and I think a lot of its points are better made in the first book. I also admit I'm not inclined to accept one of his major themes in this second volume, that religion is essential to democracy. And he seems very much off the mark in his contention that American democracy doesn't produce great literature or advances in the sciences. Admittedly, in 1835 when this second volume was published, about the only well-known American writers of fiction were James Fenimore Cooper and Washington Irving. I can't say I much agree with his criticisms of individualism either. That's not to say reading this wasn't worthwhile, but less essential I feel than the amazing first volume. Alexis de Tocqueville wordt in 1805 te Parijs geboren uit een oud adellijk geslacht. Tijdens de Franse Revolutie van 1789 heeft de familie haar trouw aan de koningen met veel slachtoffers op de guillotine moeten betalen. Dit heeft het leven van Tocqueville getekend. Tocqueville studeert rechten en wordt tot gerechtsauditeur benoemd door koning Louis-Philippe. Hij treedt in het huwelijk met een Engelse die hem haar taal leert. In 1830 besluit hij een studiereis te maken naar de jonge Amerikaanse republiek en vijf jaar later verschijnt zijn eerste boek over de democratie in Amerika. In 1840 verschijnt het tweede deel, waarin Tocqueville grondig en systematisch de beschrijvende elementen uit het eerste deel ter hand neemt. Hij maakt zich hierin geleidelijk los van Amerika en tracht tot een ideaal beeld te komen van de politieke ontwikkeling van de Westerse maatschappijen. Recensie(s) NBD|Biblion recensie In deze uitstekend vertaalde, klassieke studie gaat de Franse politiek filosoof De Tocqueville (1805-1859) in op de ontwikkeling van de democratie in de Verenigde Staten. Het boek vormt de neerslag van een studiereis die hij zelf heeft gemaakt en in 1840 te boek gesteld. De thema's zijn echter breder en gaan over de politieke ontwikkeling van westerse naties. Behalve over politiek zelf gaan de beschrijvingen en analyses ook over de relatie van democratie met moraal, oorlog en vrede, verenigingswezen en pers, poezie, (de)centralisatie en andere thema's. Daarmee is dit boek, het wereldsucces van toen (vertaald in veertien talen), nu nog steeds 'de bijbel van de democratie'. Met zijn scherpzinnige analyses en vooruitziende blik laat De Tocqueville veel van de situatie toen zien. Maar zijn opvattingen hebben op veel onderdelen nog steeds actualiteitswaarde, zij het dat veel van de contexten natuurlijk zijn veranderd. Het boek bevat geen register. Deze uitgave bevat alleen het tweede deel, dat echter al min of meer een herziening van het eerste, al in 1835 verschenen deel vormde en dat afzonderlijk leesbaar is. (NBD|Biblion recensie, Dr. G.H. Hagelstein) 1826 Democracy in America Volume II, by Alexis de Tocqueville (read 14 Feb 1984) Well, I really had to struggle to read Volume II. It was published in 1840, five years after Volume I. It is filled with abstractions, unsupported by data. Much of what he says does not seem true, and I confess I just read to get through, and my attention often wandered. I am glad I am done with the work. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
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 II continues Tocqueville's exploration of the nature of democracy in the United States, including an analysis of American civil society. Democracy in America was published in two volumes in 1835 and 1840, and 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. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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