2002
| Mitchell's new study uses Tocqueville's Democracy in America to study the condition of democracy in the United States in our own time. First, he addresses tensions in the United States between ideas of equality and the American political system. He then turns to the relationship between this system and American capitalism, and analyzes inclusion and exclusion in American life. Finally, he asks whether Americans have surrendered to what Tocqueville called the materialization of life, and have aba....[more] |
2008
| In this book Harvey Mitchell re-examines the nature of Voltaire's hostility by analyzing the Enlightenment, its role as a source of modern Anti-Semitism, and its shaping of modern Jewish identity. |
1996
| Alexis de Tocqueville is recognized as one of the most important nineteenth-century historians. In this perceptive study, Harvey Mitchell examines afresh Tocqueville's works, including the Souvenirs of 1848 and his voluminous correspondence, to shed new light on his philosophy of history. Tocqueville's concern with historical forces and individual choice emerge as central to his work. Professor Mitchell reveals in Tocqueville a unity of thought and a deep involvement with the philosophical quest....[more] |
2009
| This first book on the Philadelphia-based artist features work from his 2009 ICA exhibition--an installation composed of a six-minute, animated, high-definition projected video and five bronze sculptures. Dreadwas premiered at the 52nd Venice Biennale in 2008, where it received critical acclaim. |
(C) Copyright 2010 FiledBy, Inc. All Rights Reserved.