Democracy in America Vol. II


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Democracy in America offers a profound exploration of the American political system as observed by French aristocrat Alexis de Tocqueville during his travels in the 1830s. This seminal work examines the principles of democracy, the role of civil society, and the impact of equality on American life, providing a unique perspective that contrasts European political thought with the burgeoning American experiment.

De Tocqueville delves into the strengths and weaknesses of American democracy, analyzing its social fabric, political institutions, and the influence of religion and culture. His insights into the nature of freedom, individualism, and the potential dangers of majority rule remain relevant today, making this work a cornerstone of political science and sociology.

Rich in observation and analysis, Democracy in America not only serves as a historical document but also invites readers to reflect on the ongoing evolution of democratic ideals. This audiobook is an essential listen for anyone interested in understanding the foundations of American democracy and its implications for contemporary society.

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De Tocqueville's Preface To Vol II 5:15 Leído por Sibella Denton
Part I: De Tocqueville's Preface To The Second Part: part1,chapter1: Philosophical Method Among the Americans; p1c02: Of The Principal Source Of Belief Among Democratic Nations 23:35 Leído por Leon Mire
p1c03: Why The Americans Display More Readiness And More Taste For General Ideas Than Their Forefathers, The English; 1.04: Why The Americans Have Never Been So Eager As The French ForGeneral Ideas In Political Matters 15:55 Leído por Leon Mire
1.05: Of The Manner In Which Religion In The United States Avails Itself Of Democratic Tendencies; 1.06: Of The Progress Of Roman Catholicism In The United States 24:22 Leído por Anna Simon
1.07: Of The Cause Of A Leaning To Pantheism Amongst Democratic Nations; 1.08: The Principle of Equality Suggests to the Americans the Idea of the Indefinite Perfectibility of Man 8:23 Leído por Anna Simon
1.09: The Example of the Americans Does Not Prove That a Democratic People Can Have No Aptitude and No Taste for Science, Literature, or Art; 1.10: Why the Americans Are More Addicted to Practical Than to Theoretical Science 31:22 Leído por Anna Simon
1.11: The Spirit in Which the Americans Cultivate the Arts; 1.12: Why the Americans Raise Some Monuments So Insignificant, and Others So Important 15:33 Leído por Sibella Denton
1.13: Literary Characteristics of Democratic Ages; 1.14: The Trade of Literature 14:47 Leído por Sibella Denton
1.15: The Study of Greek and Latin Literature Peculiarly Useful in Democratic Communities; 1.16: The Effect of Democracy on Language 22:12 Leído por Leon Mire
1.17: Some of the Sources of Poetry among Democratic Nations; 1.18: Of the Inflated Style of American Writers and Orators 27:03 Leído por Ralph Volpi
1.19: Some Observations on the Drama amongst Democratic Nations; 1.20: Characteristics of Historians in Democratic Ages 29:40 Leído por Ralph Volpi
1.21: Of Parliamentary Eloquence in the United States 11:06 Leído por Sibella Denton
Part 2: Influence of Democracy on the Feelings of Americans 2.01: Why Democratic Nations Show a More Ardent and Enduring Love of Equality than of Liberty; 2.02: Of Individualism in Democratic Countries 20:54 Leído por Ralph Volpi
2.03: Individualism Stronger at the Close of a Democratic Revolution than at Other Periods; 2.04: That the Americans Combat the Effects of Individualism by Free Institutions 17:26 Leído por Ralph Volpi
2.05: Of the Use which the Americans Make of Public Associations in Civil Life; 2.06: Of the Relation between Public Associations and the Newspapers 25:22 Leído por Ralph Volpi
2.07: Connection of Civil and Political Associations; 2.08: The Americans Combat Individualism by the Principle of Interest Rightly Understood 28:50 Leído por Ralph Volpi
2.09: That the Americans Apply the Principle of Interest Rightly Understood to Religious Matters; 2.10: Of the Taste for Physical Well-Being in America 14:19 Leído por hearhis
2.11: Peculiar Effects of the Love of Physical Gratifications in Democratic Ages; 2.12: Causes of Fanatical Enthusiasm in Some Americans 11:10 Leído por hearhis
2.13: Causes of the Restless Spirit of Americans in the Midst of Their Prosperity; 2.14: Taste for Physical Gratifications United in America to Love of Freedom and Attention to Public Affairs 21:59 Leído por hearhis
2.15 That Religious Belief Sometimes Turns the Thoughts of the Americans to Immaterial Pleasures; 2.16: That Excessive Care of Worldly Welfare May Impair That Welfare 17:54 Leído por hearhis
2.17: That in Times Marked by Equality of Conditions and Sceptical Opinions, It Is Important to Remove to a Distance the Objects of Human Actions; 2.18: That Amongst the Americans All Honest Callings Are Honorable 15:19 Leído por Ralph Volpi
2.19: That Almost All the Americans Follow Industrial Callings; 2.20: That Aristocracy May Be Engendered by Manufactures 18:31 Leído por Anna Simon
3:21 Why Great Revolutions Will Become More Rare , 3:22 Why Democratic Nations Are Naturally Desirous Of Peace, And Democratic Armies Of War 16:39 Leído por Anna Simon
3:23 Which Is The Most Warlike And Most Revolutionary Class In Democratic Armies?. 3:24 Chapter XXIV: Causes Which Render Democratic Armies Weaker Than Other Armies At The Outset Of A Campaign, And More Formidable In Protracted Warfare 11:37 Leído por Anna Simon
3:25 Of Discipline In Democratic Armies . 3.26 Some Considerations On War In Democratic Communities 25:30 Leído por Anna Simon
Book 3 : Influence of Democracy on Manners, Properly So Called 3.01: That Manners Are Softened as Social Conditions Become More Equal; 3.02: That Democracy Renders the Habitual Intercourse of the Americans Simple and Easy 18:23 Leído por Anna Simon
3.03: Why the Americans Show So Little Sensitiveness in Their Own Country, and Are So Sensitive in Europe; 3.04: Consequences of the Three Preceding Chapters 13:26 Leído por Anna Simon
3.05: How Democracy Affects the Relation of Masters and Servents; 3.06: That Democratic Institutions and Manners Tend to Raise Rents and Shorten the Terms of Leases 24:04 Leído por Sibella Denton
3.07: Influence of Democracy on Wager; 3.08: Influence of Democracy on Kindred 13:03 Leído por Sibella Denton
3.09: Education of Young Women in the United States; 3.10: The Young Woman in the Character of a Wife 12:31 Leído por Ransom
3.11: That the Equality of Conditions Contributes to the Maintenance of Good Morals in America; 3.12: How the Americans Understand the Equality of the Sexes 40:32 Leído por Anna Simon
3.13: That the Principle of Equality Naturally Divides the Americans into a Small Number of Private Circles; 3.14: Some Reflections on American Manners 25:28 Leído por Anna Simon
3.15: Of the Gravity of the Americans, and Why It Does Not Prevent Them from Often Committing Inconsiderate Actions; 3.16: Why the National Vanity of the Americans Is More Restless and Captious than That of the English 50:03 Leído por Anna Simon
3.17: That the Aspect of Society in the United States Is at Once Excited and Monotonous; 3.18: Of Honor in the United States and in Democratic Communities 19:23 Leído por John Lieder
3.19: Why So Many Ambitious Men and So Little Lofty Ambition Are to Be Found in the United States; 3.20: The Trade of Place-Hunting in Certain Democratic Countries 19:01 Leído por Anna Simon
Book 4: Influence of Democratic Opinions on Political Society 4.01: That Equality Naturally Gives Men a Taste for Free Institutions; 4.02: That the Notions of Democratic Nations on Government Are Naturally Favorable to the Concentration of Power 10:58 Leído por Sibella Denton
4.03: That the Sentiments of Democratic Nations Accord with Their Opinions in Leading Them to Concentrate on Political Power; 4.04: Of Certain Peculiar and Accidental Causes which Either Lead a People to Complete Centralization of Government, or Which Divert Them from It 21:09 Leído por Sibella Denton
4.05: That Amongst the European Nations of Our Time the Power of Governments Is Increasing, although the Persons Who Govern Are Less Stable; 4.06: What Sort of Despotism Democratic Nations Have to Fear 40:18 Leído por Sibella Denton
4.07: Continuation of the Preceding Chapters; 4.08: General Survey of the Subject 28:48 Leído por Sibella Denton