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Exhibition held at The Great Hall, Library of Congress, Sept. 8-Oct. 29, 1989. ; Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-61). ; Mode of access: Internet.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- THE ANGEL AND THE BEAST -- 1 The Human Condition: Tocqueville's Debt to Rousseau and Pascal -- 2 The Role of Religion in Preserving American Liberty—Tocqueville's Analysis 150 Years Later -- THE VIRTUES OF FREEDOM -- 3 The People and the Great: Tocqueville and Machiavelli on the Art of Being Free -- 4 Virtue and Politics in Tocqueville -- THE DEMOCRATIC STATE -- 5 Tocqueville Reconsidered: Foreign Policy and the American Democracy -- 6 Tocqueville and the Historical Sociology of State -- THE NEW SOCIETY -- 7 Tocqueville, a Phenomenology of the Social -- 8 The Question of Fraternity in Democracy in America -- 9 Pauperism and Democracy. Alexis de Tocqueville and Nassau Senior -- THE WRITING OF DEMOCRATIC MAN -- 10 Tocqueville and American Literary Critics -- 11 Democratic Literature: Tocqueville's Poetological Reflections and Dreams -- THE END OF 1789 -- 12 Why Did Tocqueville Think a Successful Revolution Was Impossible? -- 13 Tocqueville and the Postmodern Refusal of History -- THE PROBLEM OF THE TWO DEMOCRACIES -- 14 How Many Democracies! -- Notes on Contributors -- Index