Alexis de Tocqueville's views of America - 'Democracy in America' E-Book

Susanne Dollwetzel

• Herausgeber: GRIN Verlag
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2009

Beschreibung

Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, Dresden Technical University (Anglistik / Amerikanistik), course: European-American Relationships, language: English, abstract: This paper will present Tocqueville’s idea of true liberty and his concept of a feasible democratic republic, which is, according to Tocqueville, indispensable for all nations. It will also treat the probable difficulties of a nation which Tocqueville feared when it came to dealing with true (political) liberty. Moreover, the paper will explain his suggestions how to address problems that could be caused by confronting people with the democratic republic and its accompanying liberty.