James T. Kloppenberg explores the evolution of democracy, and specifically, the European influences on American ideas of a democratic society.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Preface
- Introduction: The Paradoxes of Democracy in History
- Part One: Roots and Branches
- 1. Born in Bloodshed: The Origins Democracy
- 2. Voices in the Wilderness: Democracies in North America
- 3. Democracy Deferred: The English Civil War
- 4. Coup d'Etat: 1688 in England and America
- Part Two: Trial and Error
- 5. Sympathy, Will, and Democracy in the Enlightenments of Europe
- 6. Enlightenment, Faith, and Resistance in America
- 7. Democracy and American Independence
- 8. Constituting American Democracy
- 9. Ratification and Reciprocity
- Part Three: Failure in Success
- 10. Delusions of Unity and Collisions with Tradition in France
- 11. Virtue and Violence in the French Revolution
- 12. Democracy in the Wake of Terror
- 13. Diagnosing Cultures of Democracy in America and Europe
- 14. The Tragic Irony of Democracy
- Notes
