The Spectre of Democracy: The Rise of Modern Democracy as Seen by Its Critics

ISBN-13: 9781349125494 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 249 str.

Michael Levin

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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.