Sp33W Tocqueville on Democracy (Hybrid/In-Person)
In-Person | Available (Membership Required)
[NEW COURSE] Can liberty be reconciled with democracy? Tocqueville came to the US in the 1830s, seeking an answer to this question that he could apply in France. He looked beyond our institutions to our religions, politics, and society. We will read and discuss portions of his Democracy in America. Discussion, Lecture, Reading
- *This registration item is HYBRID/IN-PERSON, which means that you can attend either in-person or via Zoom. DO NOT also register for the Zoom section of this course.*
- Optional Text: Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, ISBN 0226805328
Thomas Low
Tom Low is neither a professional philosopher nor an academic but has been a serious reader since his teens. He has led courses at Osher on figures as diverse as Plato, Montaigne, Thoreau, William James, Marcus Aurelius, and the great economists.