Introduction to Political Philosophy (PLSC 114) With the emergence of democracies in Europe and the New World at the beginning of the nineteenth century, political...
Filmed as part of a second year course in social anthropology at Cambridge University in November 2001. For further writings on the social theorists and...
Prof. William R. Cook describes Tocquevilles experiences as described in Democracy in America. The most likely way for America to fall into despotism is to...
Introduction to Political Philosophy (PLSC 114) Three main features that Tocqueville regarded as central to American democracy are discussed: the importance of local government, the...
Introduction to Political Philosophy (PLSC 114) Professor Smith discusses the moral and psychological components of the democratic state in the context of Tocqueville's Democracy in...
Prof. William R. Cook describes Tocquevilles experiences as described in Democracy in America. "The omnipotence of the majority appears to me such a great peril...
Push CC button to watch with subtitles. Excerpt from an interview by Sylvain B. -Whatever the merits of the metaphysical underpinnings of Nietzsche's thought, his...
Prof. William R. Cook describes de Tocqueville's experiences that those inside a certain circle of political thought are given reign to conduct political activities, while...
Winfried Fluck, Professor of American Culture and Director of the John F. Kennedy Institute Freie Universität Berlin, presented a lecture titled Tocquevilles American Studies on...
