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  • Hardcover: 360 pages
  • Publisher: Princeton University Press; Tra edition (March 24, 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0691152047
  • ISBN-13: 978-0691152042
  • Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 1.1 x 10 inches
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4.0 out of 5 starsExcellent, Nuanced Critique of Tocqueville
By H. Lee Cheek, Jr., Ph.D. on June 6, 2013
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While this profound, and elegantly written and translated work, will not appeal to all scholars of political thought, Jaume (Centre Recherche Politiques de Sciences Po) nevertheless provides many insights into the life and work of the great French student of American social and political life. Emphasizing the contribution of Democracy in America, the author suggests that the best interpretative model for understanding Tocqueville incorporates an appreciation for his historical context, arguing that Tocqueville should not be considered as our "contemporary" (p. 8); an acknowledgement of his attachment to French ideas; and a realization of the opaque nature of his critique (a "palette of meanings," p. 9). Jaume proceeds to analyze Tocqueville as a political scientist, sociologist, moralist, and literary figure. As a political scientist, Tocqueville is an advocate of popular rule with an organic view of politics, and a defender of the diffusion of political authority and localism. Society begets political arrangements, and for Tocqueville, "society creates paths to its own ends" (p. 95). As a moralist, Tocqueville attempts to unite the "telos of democracy and the dignity of man" (p. 186). Finally, as a writer, Tocqueville is an "aristocratic moralist" (p. 326).

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2.0 out of 5 starsPleasing, but unsubstantial
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The text is eloquent and presents a significant of Tocqueville's self-consciousness as a great author or theoretician, but it overextends itself wandering through sociological and political influences that do little to open up his theory. He spends time on the French pious writers, including Pascal, but compared to previous work on this subject, Jaume has little to add and in fact demonstrates that he has not traced the profundity of the influence of this genre in Tocqueville's general work.
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