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Tocqueville, Jansenism, and the Necessity of the Political in a Democratic Age Building a Republic for the Moderns
By David Selby
Copyright 2015
284 Pages
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Routledge
284 Pages
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Routledge
284 Pages
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Routledge
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Before being declared heretical in 1713, Jansenism was a Catholic movement focused on such central issues as original sin and predestination. In this engaging book, David Selby explores how the Jansenist tradition shaped Alexis de Tocqueville’s life and works and argues that once that connection is understood, we can apply Tocqueville’s political thought in new and surprising ways. Moving from the... Read more
Introduction, 1. Jansenism and Republicanism in France, 1648-1789, 2. Tocqueville, Jansenism, and French Political Culture, 1789-1859, 3. The Necessity of the Political in a Democratic Age (I): The Politics of Providence in the Author’s Introduction to Democracy in America, 4. The Necessity of the Political in a Democratic Age (II): Tocqueville's Modern Republicanism and the Dogma of the Sovereignty of the People, 5. The Necessity of the Political in a Democratic Age (III): The Enlightened Interest of the Americans, 6. The Necessity of the Political in a Democratic Age (IV): The Freedom of Education and the Twin Tolerations in France, 1843-1850, 7. The Necessity of the Political in a Democratic Age (V): Tocqueville Antinomies, the Political Utility of Religion, and the American Double Foundation Conclusion: Building a Republic for the Moderns, Bibliography
Biography
David Selby is a Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley and adjunct faculty at Ohlone Junior College. Trained in Political Science, he has published several articles about Alexis de Tocqueville in The Tocqueville Review and The Journal of Church and State.
