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Poulos, James
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Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859. De la démocratie en Amérique.
Democracy -- United States.
Political culture -- United States.
United States -- Politics and government.
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The art of being fre...
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The art of being free : how
Alexis
de
Tocqueville
can save us from ourselves / James Poulos.
by
Poulos, James
Subjects
Tocqueville
,
Alexis
de
,
1805-1859
.
De
la
démocratie
en
Amérique
.
Democracy -- United States.
Political culture -- United States.
United States -- Politics and government.
Publisher Info:
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2017.
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
292 pages ; 22 cm
RDA Types:
text
unmediated
volume
ISBN:
9781250077189 (hardback)
1250077184 (hardback)
9781250134042 (e-book)
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Summary:
"Most folks probably don't learn about
Alexis
de
Tocqueville
in school anymore, but his seminal work, Democracy in America, is still surprisingly resonant. When he came to America in 1831 to study our great political experiment, he reported that the main issues were: religion, money, sex, death, love, gender inequality, work and politics. Clearly, we haven't come as far as one might hope. But it wasn't all doom and gloom.
De
Tocqueville
not only cataloged our problems; he also provided a manual on how to solve them. In The Art of Being Free, journalist and scholar James Poulos parses
de
Tocqueville
's advice for a modern audience, showing us how to live a sane, healthy, and happy life, regardless of the hectic world around us. Poulos dives into the original, beloved text to see what
Tocqueville
would say about our relationship to technology; our methods for coping with stress; our obsession with appearances; our workaholism; and our physical indolence. He explores how our uniquely American malaise might be alleviated, not by the next wellness or self-help craze, but by the kind of inner inventory-taking that has fallen out of fashion. Like Sarah Bakewell's How to Live or Alain
de
Botton's How Proust Can Change Your Life, The Art of Being Free offers a vital new twist on a collection of timeless wisdom--for Americans of all ages"--
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