Books that Matter. The case of Tocqueville’s Democracy in America

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Autor(a) principal: Carreira Da Silva, Filipe
Data de Publicação: 2019
Outros Autores: Brito Vieira, Monica
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/39429
Resumo: This article addresses a puzzle in the history of academic disciplines: Why is Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America, once considered a sociological classic, nowadays mostly praised as a classic in political philosophy? Existing approaches emphasize either aspects internal to the text or to the figure of the author, or external factors such as historical contexts and disciplinary dynamics. Our explanation questions the assumption that texts are stable and explores the pragmatic interplay between text-artifact-metaphor. The result is a pragmatic genealogy of the successive material incarnations of Democracy since 1945. This allows us to account for the various meanings that have been associated with Democracy (and Tocqueville) at key historical moments in terms of the cultural work of collectives of agents around the text and its material form so as to make it the icon of certain political and disciplinary projects.
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spelling Books that Matter. The case of Tocqueville’s Democracy in AmericaTocqueville, Alexis deDemocracy in Americahistory of the social sciencesmaterialitysocial theorypolitical theoryThis article addresses a puzzle in the history of academic disciplines: Why is Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America, once considered a sociological classic, nowadays mostly praised as a classic in political philosophy? Existing approaches emphasize either aspects internal to the text or to the figure of the author, or external factors such as historical contexts and disciplinary dynamics. Our explanation questions the assumption that texts are stable and explores the pragmatic interplay between text-artifact-metaphor. The result is a pragmatic genealogy of the successive material incarnations of Democracy since 1945. This allows us to account for the various meanings that have been associated with Democracy (and Tocqueville) at key historical moments in terms of the cultural work of collectives of agents around the text and its material form so as to make it the icon of certain political and disciplinary projects.Repositório da Universidade de LisboaCarreira Da Silva, FilipeBrito Vieira, Monica2019-09-06T09:56:19Z20202020-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/39429engAccepted version of: Carreira da Silva, F. M., Brito Vieira, M. (2020). Books that Matter. The case of Tocqueville’s Democracy in America. The Sociological Quarterly, 61(4), 703-726.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-11-20T17:52:50Zoai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/39429Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openairemluisa.alvim@gmail.comopendoar:71602024-11-20T17:52:50Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title Books that Matter. The case of Tocqueville’s Democracy in America
spellingShingle Books that Matter. The case of Tocqueville’s Democracy in America
Carreira Da Silva, Filipe
Tocqueville, Alexis de
Democracy in America
history of the social sciences
materiality
social theory
political theory
title_short Books that Matter. The case of Tocqueville’s Democracy in America
title_full Books that Matter. The case of Tocqueville’s Democracy in America
title_fullStr Books that Matter. The case of Tocqueville’s Democracy in America
title_full_unstemmed Books that Matter. The case of Tocqueville’s Democracy in America
title_sort Books that Matter. The case of Tocqueville’s Democracy in America
author Carreira Da Silva, Filipe
author_facet Carreira Da Silva, Filipe
Brito Vieira, Monica
author_role author
author2 Brito Vieira, Monica
author2_role author
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Carreira Da Silva, Filipe
Brito Vieira, Monica
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Tocqueville, Alexis de
Democracy in America
history of the social sciences
materiality
social theory
political theory
topic Tocqueville, Alexis de
Democracy in America
history of the social sciences
materiality
social theory
political theory
description This article addresses a puzzle in the history of academic disciplines: Why is Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America, once considered a sociological classic, nowadays mostly praised as a classic in political philosophy? Existing approaches emphasize either aspects internal to the text or to the figure of the author, or external factors such as historical contexts and disciplinary dynamics. Our explanation questions the assumption that texts are stable and explores the pragmatic interplay between text-artifact-metaphor. The result is a pragmatic genealogy of the successive material incarnations of Democracy since 1945. This allows us to account for the various meanings that have been associated with Democracy (and Tocqueville) at key historical moments in terms of the cultural work of collectives of agents around the text and its material form so as to make it the icon of certain political and disciplinary projects.
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