Honor in America?

Tocqueville on American Enlightenment

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Political, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, History & Theory
Cover of the book Honor in America? by Laurie M. Johnson, Lexington Books
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Laurie M. Johnson ISBN: 9780739190487
Publisher: Lexington Books Publication: December 21, 2016
Imprint: Lexington Books Language: English
Author: Laurie M. Johnson
ISBN: 9780739190487
Publisher: Lexington Books
Publication: December 21, 2016
Imprint: Lexington Books
Language: English

Is there such a thing as American honor, or is honor simply incompatible with modern liberal democracy and capitalism? Tocqueville’s Democracy in America is particularly well suited as a means of exploring these questions. Through an in-depth analysis of Tocqueville’s views on aristocratic versus American democratic honor, this book explores what honor might mean in the modern Western context. Its aim is to strengthen citizens’ moral obligations and understandings of community in the face of forces within democracy and capitalism that naturally erode these binding and stabilizing influences. With a focus on discovering a uniquely American honor, this book covers Tocqueville’s views on American religion, family and gender roles, politics, relations with Native Americans, white southerners and slavery, and the military. It explores how these views can help us form a uniquely American honor code, one that re-envisions and incorporates suitable aristocratic elements within a modern democratic society and a capitalistic economy.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Is there such a thing as American honor, or is honor simply incompatible with modern liberal democracy and capitalism? Tocqueville’s Democracy in America is particularly well suited as a means of exploring these questions. Through an in-depth analysis of Tocqueville’s views on aristocratic versus American democratic honor, this book explores what honor might mean in the modern Western context. Its aim is to strengthen citizens’ moral obligations and understandings of community in the face of forces within democracy and capitalism that naturally erode these binding and stabilizing influences. With a focus on discovering a uniquely American honor, this book covers Tocqueville’s views on American religion, family and gender roles, politics, relations with Native Americans, white southerners and slavery, and the military. It explores how these views can help us form a uniquely American honor code, one that re-envisions and incorporates suitable aristocratic elements within a modern democratic society and a capitalistic economy.

More books from Lexington Books

Cover of the book Communication and Control by Laurie M. Johnson
Cover of the book The Experiences of Ghanaian Live-in Caregivers in the United States by Laurie M. Johnson
Cover of the book Linguistic Mysteries of Ethnonyms in Inner Asia by Laurie M. Johnson
Cover of the book A Wittgensteinian Way with Paradoxes by Laurie M. Johnson
Cover of the book Obama and the Emergence of a Multipolar World Order by Laurie M. Johnson
Cover of the book Classical Myth in Four Films of Alfred Hitchcock by Laurie M. Johnson
Cover of the book Mystical Science and Practical Religion by Laurie M. Johnson
Cover of the book Kyrgyzstan beyond "Democracy Island" and "Failing State" by Laurie M. Johnson
Cover of the book Dancing Culture Religion by Laurie M. Johnson
Cover of the book Tempered in the Revolutionary Furnace by Laurie M. Johnson
Cover of the book Race Trouble by Laurie M. Johnson
Cover of the book Guided Enactments in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy by Laurie M. Johnson
Cover of the book The Caribbean Policy of the Ulysses S. Grant Administration by Laurie M. Johnson
Cover of the book Race Rules by Laurie M. Johnson
Cover of the book Changing Security Policies in Postwar Japan by Laurie M. Johnson
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy