Ep. 237 - The Genius of America: How De Tocqueville Saw Our Future

Ep. 237 - The Genius of America: How De Tocqueville Saw Our Future

For our annual online academic study this year, we are taking a journey through our republic with Alexis de Tocqueville's "Democracy in America." It is perhaps the best book ever written about America and democracy, according to our guest today. In this work, De Toqueville takes on an almost prophetic voice in predicting the future of our country and our constitutional republic. How was De Tocqueville able to leverage his knowledge of philosophy to accomplish this? What truths was he willing to tell us about our governmental institutions? To walk us through this aspect of De Toqueville's work, we are honored to welcome Raúl Rodriguez, assistant professor in the School of Civic Leadership at the University of Texas at Austin, for this enlightening conversation.

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