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Les deux tomes de De la démocratie en Amérique composent, dans l’esprit de Tocqueville, une seule œuvre, dont la seconde partie, plus démocratique qu’américaine, traite des institutions et des mœurs des sociétés libres ainsi que de leurs dérives potentielles vers la tyrannie.
Nicolas Baverez • Le Monde selon Tocqueville: Combats pour la liberté (French Edition)
Before 2015 ends, the United Kingdom joins in the effort to try to crush Trump. A half-million people sign a petition to ban him from Britain. British prime minister David Cameron weighs in, calling the GOP candidate “stupid” and “wrong.” Most people don’t know it, and the news media doesn’t report it, but there’s a Clinton connection here, too. Ca
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau • Do Contrato Social (Portuguese Edition)
10% Less Democracy: Why You Should Trust Elites a Little More and the Masses a Little Less
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Nos démocraties libérales ressemblent de plus en plus aux « sociétés civiles bourgeoises » décrites par Hegel, des sociétés dont les deux figures principales sont l’économiste et le juriste, pas le politique ou le citoyen.
Raphael Glucksmann • Les Enfants du vide - De l'impasse individualiste au réveil citoyen (French Edition)
centuries-old institutions are increasingly inadequate for confronting ascendant authoritarians. Merely defending a certain sort of democracy is no way to help democracy as an ideal.