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Alexis de Tocqueville: Democracy in America
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Alexis de Tocqueville: Democracy in America

Author - Ralph Raico and Wendy McElroy
Narrator - Craig Deitschmann with a supporting cast
Publisher - Blackstone Audio Inc
Length - 3 hours
Categories - Politics
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Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat, captured the essence of nineteenth-century America in his penetrating work, Democracy in America. The democratic concept of equality was emerging as a political reality in America, and it threatened the aristocracy of Europe; it produced a society of individualists hungry for self improvement. In this classic treatise, Tocqueville weighed the advantages of democracy against its dangers. He asked: Is the tendency toward equality a tendency toward liberty? Can the majority be restrained to protect the freedom of individuals and minorities?
    
In pondering these questions, Tocqueville presented an unsurpassed picture of American government, culture, and attitudes. He proclaimed a new nation with a new theory of human interaction: America, ruled by the will of the majority.

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