Course Schedule – Fall 2024 / Old Courses / TOCQUEVILLES DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA
Coordinators: Sandy Kessler, Ellie Schaffer
Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America (1835;1840) is considered one of the greatest commentaries ever written on American life.
In our class, we shall examine those parts of the Democracy that are most relevant to America today. Topics to be considered include Tocqueville’s views on our national character, the role of religion in our national life, the greatest threats to our freedom, the resources we have to preserve our freedom, and the tasks of statesmanship. We shall also examine those parts of the Democracy where Tocqueville’s analysis of America seems to have fallen short.
A WEEK / WEDNESDAY / 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
See the timely Next Week at Quest documents for class details
Other Classes:
- WOMEN SPIES
- DAISY MILLER & WASHINGTON SQUARE
- ALL THE KINGS MEN
- JAZZ AT NOON
- THE SCARLET LETTER
- THE GREAT GATSBY
- MEXICO: SOUTH OF OUR BORDER
- HISTORY OF MEDICINE
- HARLEM RENAISSANCE
- CONSTRUCTION: BEYOND BRICKS AND MORTAR
- THEATER TALKBACK
- BOOK CHATS
- ADVENTURES IN DINING
- FOOD: BEYOND JUST CALORIES
- TONI MORRISON: THE LEGEND
- INVISIBLE MAN BY RALPH ELLISON
- SIXTIES
- ELIZABETH GASKELL
- WEEK IN PARIS
- CLASSICAL MUSIC
- CREATIVE WORKSHOP
- MUSIC OF THE HEART
- EMILY DICKINSON CIRCLE
- SYMPOSIUM
- RUSSIAN GEOGRAPHY
- WATER
- FOLK MUSIC AND MELLOW ROCK
- CONTEMPORARY BRITISH CULTURE
- AUSTRALIA – THE LAND DOWN UNDER
- HUCKLEBERRY FINN
- AGING
- FASCINATING ISLANDS
- BLACK WOMENS VOICES
- THE NOBEL PRIZES
- READING EDITH WHARTON
- WOMEN IN GREEK DRAMA
- THE NEAR EAST
- HISTORY OF GERMANY
- A PASSAGE TO INDIA
- INDIE FILMS
- SLAVERYS ROLE IN U.S. CAPITALISTIST DEVELOPMENT
- RISE AND FALL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
- READING THE RABBIS
- RACE RELATIONS IN AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT
- MYTHOLOGY
- LITERARY HEROINES
- HOWARDS END
- HOUSE OF MIRTH
- FABULOUS FIFTIES
- COMEDY CENTRAL
- READING BLACK LIVES
- BORDERS AND BOUNDARIES
- MOZARTS WOMEN
- ANTISEMITISM: PAST, PRESENT, FACTS, MYTHS
- AFRICAN CONTINENT
- PRESENTERS SHOWCASE
- INVENTIONS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
- ACTING CLASS
- ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
- FOREIGN AFFAIRS
- LAW & ORDER
- POINT OF VIEW
- MODERN OPERA
- MOVERS & SHAKERS
- SOCRATES AND THE PROBLEM OF PHILOSOPHY
- GREAT CONVERSATIONS
- ORAL INTERPRETATION OF POETRY
- SHAKESPEARE: CYMBELINE