Fragility of Freedom Tocqueville on Religion, Democracy, and the American Future Book

Preface Chapter One Introduction
1. The Augustinian Self
2. Antidotes to the Irrationalities of the Augustinian Self
3. Of the Embodiment and Disembodiment of Thought
4. Circularity of Cause and Effect
5. Of the Spillover Effects of One Sphere upon Another
6. Of Motion and Boundaries
7. Of New Beginnings and American Exceptionalism Chapter Two The Augustinian Self
1. Augustine and the Errancy from God
2. Hobbes and the Problem of Pride
3. Rousseau and the Errancy from Nature
4. Tocqueville and the Democratic Soul
5. The Enduring Power of the Augustinian Self: Nietzsche and the Democratic Age Chapter Three The Politics of Competition
1. The Purpose of Politics
2. Of Scale and Participation
3. The Interrelation of Political and Economic Participation
4. Of Associations
5. Of Newspapers: The Solution to the Problem of Site and Authority
6. Of Moderation and Motion: Mother Nature and Father Industriousness
7. When Boundaries Are Transgressed
8. Of Empire Chapter Four Christianity and Democracy
1. The Progress of History and Its Arrests: The Depth of Identity
2. The Problem of Difference in a Democracy
3. Christianity as Palliative for Envy and Difference
4. The Indirect Effects of Christianity upon Democracy
5. Of Long-Term Goals
6. The Right Relationship between Politics and Religion
7. The Permanence of Religion Chapter Five Conclusion
1. The New Political Science
2. Asking Too Much of Government, Asking Too Much of "the World"
3. What Is to Be Done?
4. Concluding Remarks Bibliography