Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Why Tocqueville is relevant

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I believe that reading and discussing "How an Aristocracy May Be Created by Industry" remains relevant to today's world becaus...

Relevant Then, But Not So Much Now

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          Alex de Tocqueville was a brilliant man, and the issues with democracy at the time that he mentioned were valid, but those stateme...
Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Why does Tocqueville say that the worker has been assigned to a certain position in society instead of a certain job?

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  Tocqueville believes that workers of large industry have been assigned a statues of lower class instead of being classified to a speci...
Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Why does democracy tend toward inequality?

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Why does democracy tend toward inequality? Or, as it appears to me, why does Tocqueville believe that a democracy leads towards aristocra...
Monday, April 28, 2014

(If I am totally wrong, please let me know. If I didn't answer any of the prompts, let me know that too)

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Tocqueville's argument is interesting to me, but it is not as sound as he thinks it is.  In his essay, he explains that the industrial w...
Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Why Does Ivan Deny the Beating is Evil?

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In After The Ball, by Leo Tolstoy, the main character, Ivan, falls in love with a beautiful woman and meets her father, a Colonel.  Hours la...
Tuesday, April 1, 2014

After the Ball

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Ivan Vasilevich, in After the Ball by Leo Tolstoy, links Varenka B. to her father because of the subtle similarities between the two chara...