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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4212372 Title: Democracy in America: selections. Author: Alexis de Tocqueville Publisher: Chicago, Great Books Foundation [©1955] OCLC:4212372

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Democracy in America: selections.

Author:	Alexis de Tocqueville
Publisher:	Chicago, Great Books Foundation [©1955]
Series:	The Great Books. First year course, v. 7, no. 13
Edition/Format:	Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Rating:	based on 1 rating(s) 1 with a review
Subjects	United States -- Politics and government. United States -- Social conditions. Democracy. View all subjects
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Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Alexis de Tocqueville Find more information about:
OCLC Number:	4212372
Description:	134 pages 19 cm.
Series Title:	The Great Books. First year course, v. 7, no. 13

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by jbmaxwell (WorldCat user published 2020-06-12) Very Good

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This collection, like Mill’s “On Liberty”, is a good read and in some ways it appears a timeless work. Why, because he has done the courtesy of including an examination of the characteristics of governments back to antiquity. This examination is, albeit very limited, but it examines a few key attributes relevant to authoritarian regimes and compares to democratic systems. Some of the changes, no...many changes, since his day would no doubt leave him open mouthed as to the events that have transpired. But I think in some respects, he would not be surprised and would find many of the processes that have occurred more the same of what he spoke of but under different guises. He speaks of intermediate power between autocrats and the people. The character of these, I suspect, he would readily identify in what we might view -aside from the administrative bureaucracy- NGO’s and increasingly independent contractor corporations. The idea of associations is entirely consistent to this day as are the powerful need and attributes of free press ( amplified by radio, tv and internet). One of the most remarkable passages in this book to me was Book 4 Chapter 6. I strongly recommend that chapter since the content, one will realize, is an astute perception of something De Tocqueville could never have visualized...Artificial Intelligence. Once recovering the shock of realizing its real possibility, he would have quickly realized that the dynamics of what we now use could intact be a new form of tyrant. Unlike human revolutions against authoritarianism, AI...like democratic institutions arising in his day...herald uncharted waters. The trust of his writings are more expansive than this limited application I describe. Freedom and equality as mutual and antagonistic forces is more prominent and are central to his observations. The language is of his day, and thus having a pencil ready to underline subject and predicate to separate out the subordinate clauses the writers of that time loved to use is a good idea. It is intensive reading and requires focus and attention.

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