De la démocratie en Amérique

Alexis de Tocqueville

Publié par Librarie Philosophique

217 pages

Résumé

Democracy in America has had the singular honor of being even to this day the work that political commentators of every stripe refer to when they seek to draw large conclusions about the society of the USA. Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat, came to the young nation to investigate the functioning of American democracy & the social, political & economic life of its citizens, publishing his observations in 1835 & 1840. Brilliantly written, vividly illustrated with vignettes & portraits, Democracy in America is far more than a trenchant analysis of one society at a particular point in time. What will most intrigue modern readers is how many of the observations still hold true: on the mixed advantages of a free press, the strained relations among the races & the threats posed to democracies by consumerism & corruption. So uncanny is Tocqueville’s insight & so accurate are his predictions, that it seems as tho he were not merely describing the American identity but actually helping to create it.

Oeuvres complètes, tome 3: Ecrits et discours politiques

L'ancien régime et la révolution (1856)

de la Démocratie en Amérique, tome 1

Liberté 300 - Dossier - Nous ne sommes pas seuls - Réflexions sur le bien commun culturel

Sur le paupérisme

Oeuvres Tome 2

De l'influence de la démocratie sur les moeurs des Américains

Tocqueville De la Démocratie en Amérique

Critiques