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...
May 25, 1997 www.amazon.com Watch the full program: thefilmarchived.blogspot.com Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 -- 9 June 1870) was the most popular English...
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...
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...
Every year, the Tocqueville Program sponsors a course and brings prominent public intellectuals to Furman's campus with the aim encouraging serious and open engagement with...
