Revolutionary Values for a New Millennium: John Adams, Adam Smith, and Social VirtueIn his study, Hill challenges common interpretations of the political thought of Adams and Smith, providing scholars and students with an engaging and novel portrait of social and political theory in America, at its founding and at the inception of the twenty-first century. |
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Page 128
... Tocqueville observed in 1830s America have broken down . He argues that the American emphasis on equality has weakened social structures , that the voluntary associations which Tocqueville witnessed as a major strength of America are ...
... Tocqueville observed in 1830s America have broken down . He argues that the American emphasis on equality has weakened social structures , that the voluntary associations which Tocqueville witnessed as a major strength of America are ...
Page 140
... Tocqueville , was not the dialectical extreme which many Americans practice today . Lerner presents Tocqueville's understanding of a bal- ance between public interest and private passions : The generalized expression of the commercial ...
... Tocqueville , was not the dialectical extreme which many Americans practice today . Lerner presents Tocqueville's understanding of a bal- ance between public interest and private passions : The generalized expression of the commercial ...
Page 184
... Tocqueville's concern about the relation- ship between the owners of increasingly concentrated industries and the depen- dent workers , often women and immigrants : " Tocqueville feared the rise of a new form of aristocracy that would ...
... Tocqueville's concern about the relation- ship between the owners of increasingly concentrated industries and the depen- dent workers , often women and immigrants : " Tocqueville feared the rise of a new form of aristocracy that would ...
Contents
Revolutionary Values | 21 |
Virtues for Democratic Citizens | 59 |
Individuality within Communities | 83 |
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