... culminated in the 1835 classic Democracy in America in which he explored the inner workings of democracy that was in effect in America during the period. Bourbon Restoration 1814–30 Bourgeoisie cautious prudence of Malesherbes Guillaume Chrétien de Lamoignon Napoleon I Empire Robespierre...

... Reeve, in which he replied to critics of his book Democracy in America (including Reeve himself) who had found him partial to democracy. Aristocracy contrasted to democracy Democracy in America Tocqueville American character in Freedom liberty America as symbol of Human dignity...

..., but much in his book Democracy in America anticipates the era of intentional communities as well as the general retreat in democratic societies to more intimate milieus of family, friendship, and love. Alienation from class culture Aristocracy contrasted to democracy Community Emerson...

... faith. Doubt remained a permanent plague for him, placing it just below illness and death on his scale of evils. In his book Democracy in America, Tocqueville raises questions about God's intentions. He often used the phrase “religious terror” to describe his state of mind, but never...

... Democracy in America, Tocqueville argued that that French political life had lost its moral center and viewed Adolphe Thiers, the first president of the Third Republic, as he politician who most vividly represented the moral malady of contemporary political life in France. He agreed with François...

...In the second volume of his book Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville elaborates the essential aim of aristocratic liberalism: the true task of political leadership was to restore soul to politics. More specifically, they must combine political life with moral consciousness...

...In the introduction to his book Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville proposes a broad historical and philosophical context for his study of democracy. He argues that Western civilization was undergoing a perplexing moral and intellectual transformation that had not only...

..., and the fragility of civilization—all of which find heightened expression in the literary version of Tocqueville's experience published in 1860, after his death. One of the central questions raised in Tocqueville's book Democracy in America relates to the consequences of wild freedom, or natural...

...For Alexis de Tocqueville, writing was a moral act. As seen in his book Democracy in America, he was as obsessed with style and language. In this sense, he was similar to Gustave Flaubert, whose Madame Bovary was published in 1854, the same year as Tocqueville's...

... because he formulated a view of democratic culture rich with insights that continue to illuminate where America is now. Tocqueville recorded his preliminary reflections about American politics, religion, and culture in notebooks that became the most important source of Democracy in America...

...-Europeans, and a strong cupidity in the wild new democracy. Tocqueville also recorded his first thoughts about slavery in the United States despite being a fervent antislavery activist in France. He expresses his anger and disgust with American slavery in his book Democracy in America...

... decorum. In his book Democracy in America, Tocqueville discusses how religion helps maintain order and liberty in America. Chasteness as American trait Christianity evangelical Democracy and centralization of power Freedom liberty America as symbol of Materialist values Morality...

...The notebooks kept by Alexis de Tocqueville during his journey to America contain his observations about democracy and its prospects, which are found in his book Democracy in America. In addition to the American penal system, Tocqueville also looks at politics, religion, class...

... and threaten freedom. He discusses the concept of an American social state, the origins of which he links in his book Democracy in America to the law and economics of land. Comfort quest for in democratic culture Democracy and centralization of power Democratic culture absence of a sense...

...In his book Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville discusses what he perceives as the weaknesses of democracy, including its weak sense of a common good, its permanent cultural and social disorder, its inability to make sacrifices for the long-range good, the rise of an anti...

...This book offers an original combination of biography, character study, and wide-ranging analysis of Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America, bringing new light to that classic work. It examines the relation between Tocqueville's complicated inner life, his self-imagination...

...This chapter presents a reading of Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America. Tocqueville stands as one of the thinkers who opened the intellectual path to an understanding of the new world of politics, economics, and ideologies that was emerging in the early nineteenth century...

... suggests an undeniable messianic tinge. The issue of ambition also resonated with class meaning, expressing dismay and self-doubt as a result of the silence with which Volume 2 of his book Democracy in America had been greeted by the “grand public.” Tocqueville was reminded several times...

...In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville and Gustave de Beaumont traveled to America ostensibly to study the country's prison system. It is therefore ironic that the book that emerged from that journey, Democracy in America, was about freedom. More specifically, the trip was a way...

... strengthened or weakened liberty, rather than equality. He called his book Democracy in America “un ouvrage philosophico politique” and not a history, yet his analysis of the new world of democracy and his desire to introduce “a new science of politics for a new age” brings up central...