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Alexis de Tocqueville
April 22, 2022
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Tocqueville’s Uneasy Vision of American Democracy
American government succeeded, Tocqueville thought, because it didn’t empower the people too much.
March 17, 2022
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Fanfare for the Common Good
What happened to Americans’ sense of community?
September 25, 2020
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How to Make Progressivism Mean Something Again
A message to the American left
October 17, 2019
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Fukuyama’s Inner Civic Republicanism (Part 1)
The end of history, 30 years on
August 23, 2018
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False Concepts of Liberty
How to argue with a Koch brother
February 16, 2018
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Liberalism After Liberalism
The civic republican tradition and its lost treasure
June 8, 2012
Happyism
February 8, 2012
The Mobility Myth
June 18, 2011
The Prophet
Mark Lilla reviews "Alexis de Tocqueville: A Life", by Hugh Brogan
March 14, 2011
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