Toward Democracy: The Struggle for Self-Rule in European and American Thought, (Hardcover)

from gregdehler

A masterpiece of intellectual history that examines the development of the concept of democracy from the 1500s to the American Civil War. Democracy transformed from a slur to the idealized form of government. Kloppenberg examines the thought and intellectual contributions of dozens of individuals...

from pomo58

Toward Democracy by James T. Kloppenberg is a comprehensive history of the thoughts and actions that have helped to form the ever-changing concept of democracy. Democracy is, in Kloppenberg's view, less a political or even a social or economic concept but rather an ethical one, so the changing "d...

from Arkrayder

I received this book free from NetGalley and Oxford University Press in exchange for a fair and honest review. This was an extremely well-written, academic style book. The level of researched that must of went into this book is superb and, to be enjoyed at its fullest, it must be read at a steady...

from gregdehler

A masterpiece of intellectual history that examines the development of the concept of democracy from the 1500s to the American Civil War. Democracy transformed from a slur to the idealized form of government. Kloppenberg examines the thought and intellectual contributions of dozens of individuals...

from pomo58

Toward Democracy by James T. Kloppenberg is a comprehensive history of the thoughts and actions that have helped to form the ever-changing concept of democracy. Democracy is, in Kloppenberg's view, less a political or even a social or economic concept but rather an ethical one, so the changing "d...