Tocqueville

The keyword Tocqueville is tagged in the following 2 articles.

Custine, Tocqueville, and Intellectual Autonomy in Comparative Politics

April 20, 2011 - 3152 words | Political Science » Comparative Politics

The most obvious and immediate difference between Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America and Astolphe de Custine’s Letters from Russia is one of style.[1] Put simply, Tocqueville’s text is an impersonal social-scientific treatise, while Custine... Read Article »

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Comparative Politics Tocqueville Custine

Ending the Exceptional: Defiance of Conventions in Dennis Hopper's "Easy Rider"

July 6, 2010 - 2394 words | Film and Cinema » Dennis Hopper

The myth of American exceptionalism has existed since early on in our nation’s history. As early as the mid 1830s, Alexis de Tocqueville proclaimed that the United States held remarkable place in the world, as a nation of immigrants living in the first democracy... Read Article »

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Easy Rider Dennis Hopper Dennis Hopper Easy Rider American Exceptionalism Alexis De Tocqueville Film Criticism