The Spectre of Democracy

The Rise of Modern Democracy as seen by its Critics

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Paperback, blz. | Engels
Palgrave Macmillan UK | 1992
ISBN13: 9781349125494
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This study examines the arguments that the democratic movement has had to overcome. A history of franchise extension in the USA, France, Germany and the United Kingdom provides the context for examining the attitudes to democracy of John Adams, de Tocqueville, Hegel and Carlyle.

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ISBN13:9781349125494
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan UK

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Part 1 Facts and theories: the legislative background; the case against democracy. Part 2 Thinkers: John Adams; G.W.F.Hegel; Alexis de Tocqueville; Thomas Carlyle. Part 3 Democracy and discrimination: "beings of an inferior order" - the ideology of black subordination in the USA; "exalted by their inferiority" - on the subjection of women.
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