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RECOVERING POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY TOCQUEVILLES ...

This book presents an interpretive analysis of the major themes and purpose of Alexis de
Tocqueville's and Gustave de Beaumont's first work  On the Penitentiary System  thereby
offering new insights into Tocqueville as a moderate liberal statesman. The book explores
Tocqueville's thinking on penitentiaries as the best possible solution to recidivism  his
approach to colonial imperialism  and his arguments on moral reformation of prisoners through a
close reading of Tocqueville's first published text. The unifying political concept of all
three discussions is Tocqueville's underlying concern to pursue moderation between
institutional and imaginative extremes in order to maintain liberal values. In both thinking
moderately and advocating for moderate political action  Tocqueville's On the Penitentiary
System renews an emphasis on the importance of civic engagement and the balance between
philosophy and praxis.

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