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Honor in America? : Tocqueville on American Enlightenment.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Honor and Obligation in Liberal Society: Problems and Prospects SeriesPublisher: Lanham : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (189 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780739190487
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Honor in America?DDC classification:
  • 306.20972999999998
LOC classification:
  • JC229.T8.J64 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 American Enlightenment Religion -- 2 Tocqueville on Honor -- 3 Democratic Honor -- 4 Aristocratic v. Democratic Honor -- 5 American Shame -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: This book analyzes Tocqueville's views on religion, family and gender roles, politics, relations with Native Americans, white southerners and slavery, and the military. It explores how these views can help form a uniquely American honor code, one that re-envisions aristocratic elements of honor within a modern democratic and capitalist society.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 American Enlightenment Religion -- 2 Tocqueville on Honor -- 3 Democratic Honor -- 4 Aristocratic v. Democratic Honor -- 5 American Shame -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

This book analyzes Tocqueville's views on religion, family and gender roles, politics, relations with Native Americans, white southerners and slavery, and the military. It explores how these views can help form a uniquely American honor code, one that re-envisions aristocratic elements of honor within a modern democratic and capitalist society.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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