On Tocqueville

On TocquevilleIn On Tocqueville, Alan Ryan brilliantly illuminates the observations of the French sociologist Alexis de Tocqueville, who first journeyed to the United States in 1831 and went on to catalog the unique features of the American social contract in his two volume masterpiece, Democracy in America. Often thought of as the father of "American Exceptionalism," Tocqueville sought to observe the social conditions of emerging political equality in America, "a

Abraham and Sarah

an opportunity to reduce and eliminate harm in the first place

and violence

and how perspective shapes what we see

Embracing these untruths—and the resulting culture of safetyism—interferes with young people’s social

less qualified

Greeted with international critical acclaim from readers who

and cat-feeding

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and teeny tiny tacos

which takes us on a sweeping journey from Canton to Hawaii to New York

Later they find their estranged older brother in California