Democracy in Moderation: Montesquieu, Tocqueville, and Sustainable Liberalism

ISBN-13: 9781107548367 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 244 str.

Paul O. Carrese

Opis

A rediscovery of Montesquieu's legacy in shaping America's complex political order including influence on Washington's practical moderation.

Recenzje

'In Democracy in Moderation: Montesquieu, Tocqueville, and Sustainable Liberalism, Paul O.Carrese puts the political turbulence of the present moment in perspective. The propensity toward partisanship and polarization so conspicuous in today's politics, he observes, has antecedents in America's founding. But also present at the founding, he argues, was a sophisticated 'philosophy of moderation' that underwrote American constitutional government.' Peter Berkowitz, Real Clear Politics (www.realclearpolitics.com)

Spis treści

Part I. Tocquevillean Moderation in Philosophy and Founding: 1. Montesquieu's philosophy of moderation - natural right, liberalism, constitutionalism; 2. Washington's harmony - the balance of traditions in the American founding; 3. Tocqueville's deepening of modern moderation; Part II. Moderation and Statesmanship, at Home and Abroad: 4. Religion and liberty in America - the spirit of Montesquieu and Tocqueville; 5. Moderation, American grand strategy, and Washington's statesmanship; 6. Constitutionalist political science - Storing's moderation and our polarization.