I believe the nation is not in peril per se‚ but the country is notably stagnant economically‚ educationally‚ and in a war that has been severely mismanaged. I believe a change‚ a new circulation‚ and fresh thinking is in order—and I believe Sen. Barack Obama is currently the most viable agent of change. It seems as though his often repeated platform banner of “CHANGE” seems to be exactly what most citizens are yearning for. In pouring through and examining countless research for this paper
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the aforementioned time period. As depicted by the writers Muhammad As-Saffar‚ Alexis de Tocqueville‚ Edmond de Goncourt‚ and Marc Bloch‚ Paris was a city of influence and a city of the people‚ though not always representative of the nation of France. Muhammad As-Saffar was a Moroccan scholar visiting France in 1845-1846‚ the later years of the July Monarchy‚ a time of relative peace and stability. Within
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Questions to think about when reading Tocqueville: - Tocqueville wrote in 1831 after he traveled to America to understand egalitarian society - an aristocrat writing post-revolutionary France - came from family that suffered during the French Revolution - doesn’t see the Revolution as a positive thing‚ and doesn’t prize democracy - is a realist (doesn’t think time can reverse) - equality is inevitable and decline of aristocracy is inevitable as well - by democracy‚ he means society where there
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Christopher English Foundations of Social Science Dr. Kelley 9/17/12 Marx versus De Tocqueville Intelligent‚ respected‚ revolutionary‚ and revered are just some of the superlatives used to describe the multitalented Karl Marx and Alexis De Tocqueville. These two European men both living during the time of the French Revolution‚ would go on to create works and research that would socially shake up the world. Both individuals held drastically different views about society as a whole‚ Democracy
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how history related to modern times was altered‚ resulting in the works like Alexis de Tocqueville’s The Old Regime
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As mentioned before‚ Alex de Tocqueville visited both Birmingham and Manchester and saw numerous differences in the two cities which he believes led Engels to falsely assume that all of England was living under the same intolerable conditions that were occurring in Manchester. Boyer
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Tocqueville create a tone of sympathetic. In “A Letter to Countless de Tocqueville” he delineates for the reader an impartial observation of the suffering of Native Americans under The Indian Removal Act. The terrible trip across the South to the Indians new land left the Indians with mental and physical struggles. This journey killed thousands of Indians and their agonies didn’t go unremarked. Alexis de Tocqueville‚ a Frenchman‚ observed and recorded every aspect of the new nation and wrote a letter
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time period that this situation occurred‚ it was rather common‚ even if it meant discrete! Under many conditions this is not okay‚ and both parties should know where they stand. As a French aristocrat being in America for the first time‚ Alexis de Tocqueville was very much intrigued by the mixture of people‚ whereas where is he originally from is not as mixed as Amercia. The document states “The lot of the Negro is placed on
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Alexis de Tocqueville’s visit to the United States in the early part of the nineteenth century prompted his work Democracy in America‚ in which he expressed the ability to make democracy work. Throughout his travels Tocqueville noted that private interest and personal gain motivated the actions of most Americans‚ which in turn cultivated a strong sense of individualism. Tocqueville believed that this individualism would soon "sap the virtue of public life" (395) and create a despotism of selfishness
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result of freedom in the community. In the works of Alexis de Tocqueville‚ he addressed the role equality and individualism played in social change that impacted the state as a community. On the contrary‚ Karl Marx wrote regarding how equality can be achieved through communism and industrial liberation. The argument presented is that the ideas of Tocqueville apply more heavily in the community in comparison to the theories presented by Marx. Tocqueville and Marx had contrasting views regarding equality
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