Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville was a heavy read, to put it mildly. Tocqueville visited the United States in 1831 to study the country. Initially, his focus was the prison syste…| Thoughts about leadership, history, and more
In this lecture, we explore Tocqueville’s Democracy in America, what he means by democracy, and how he correctly foresaw the danger and rise of the administrative state and imperial presidency as dangers to American democracy. ________________________________________________________________ Paul Krause is the editor-in-chief of VoegelinView. He is writer, classicist, and historian. He has written on the arts, culture, […]| Discourses on Minerva