Toward democracy : the struggle for self-rule in European and American thought

Toward democracy : the struggle for self-rule in European and American thought

Struggle for self-rule in European and American thought

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.

xiv, 892 p. ; 25 cm.

321.8 K66 2016

(OCoLC)921864707

Includes bibliographical references (p. [711]-828) and index.
Contents: Born in bloodshed: the origins of democracy -- Voices in the wilderness: democracies in North America -- Democracy deferred: the English Civil War -- Coup d-Etat: 1688 in England and America -- Sympathy, will, and democracy in the enlightenments of Europe -- Faith, enlightenment, and resistance in America -- Democracy and American independence -- Constituting American democracy -- Ratification and reciprocity -- Delusions of unity and collisions with tradition in the French revolution -- Virtue and violence in the French revolution -- Democracy in the wake of terror -- Diagnosing democratic cultures in America and Europe -- The tragic irony of democracy.
Reference to George Turner of the SOC: p. 412.
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