Bryan Garsten, Professor of Political Science and Humanities at Yale University, delivers his lecture "How deeply does democracy shape us?: Tocqueville on our ideas and sentiments."
The lecture will investigate how the Puritans are the point of departure for Tocqueville’s understanding of America, the role of associations generally, why democratic citizens are liable to underestimate the importance of “forms,” the love of equality and the danger of industrial aristocracy.
Professor Garsten is the author of Saving Persuasion: A Defense of Rhetoric and Judgment (Harvard University Press, 2006) and will soon complete a book called The Heart of a Heartless World that examines the ethical, political and religious core of early nineteenth century liberalism in the United States and France. He is the co-chair of the International Conference on the Study of Political Thought and serves on the editorial board of Philosophy and Rhetoric.
For a list of remaining lectures for the fall 2022 semester, please visit the Friday Night Lecture website page [ Ссылка ]
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