PLSC 114: Introduction to Political Philosophy
Lecture 23 - Democratic Statecraft: Tocqueville's Democracy in America. Professor Smith discusses the moral and psychological components of the democratic state in the context of Tocqueville's Democracy in America.
He goes on to explore the institutional development of the democratic state, the qualities of the democratic individual, and the psychological determinants of the democratic character. The ethic of self-interest is addressed,
understood as an antidote to an ethic of fame and glory. Finally, Tocqueville is presented as a political educator and his views on the role of statesmen in a democratic age are expounded.
(from oyc.yale.edu)
| Lecture 23 - Democratic Statecraft: Tocqueville's Democracy in America |
| Time | Lecture Chapters |
| [00:00:00] | 1. Moral and Psychological Features of the Democratic State |
| [00:04:32] | 2. Moral and Psychological Features of the Democratic State: Compassion |
| [00:15:17] | 3. Moral and Psychological Features of the Democratic State: Anxiety |
| [00:22:19] | 4. Moral and Psychological Features of the Democratic State: Self-Interest |
| [00:33:44] | 5. Democratic Statecraft |
| References |
| Lecture 23 - Democratic Statecraft: Tocqueville's Democracy in America Instructor: Professor Steven B. Smith. Resources: Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America [ebook]. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov]. |
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