Cheryl Welch and Arthur Goldhammer
How to Fix Democracy
English - March 16, 2022 19:59 - 42 minutes - 38.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsNews Society & Culture Philosophy democracy dictators illiberal liberal populism technology Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Tocqueville's Take on Democracy | Harvard University professors Cheryl Welch and Arthur Goldhammer are world-renowned experts and translators of the work of Alexis de Tocqueville. They kick off Season 4 of How To Fix Democracy by joining host Andrew Keen for a discussion of Tocqueville's famous observational text, "Democracy in America." Our fourth season of the podcast will focus on just that: democracy in the United States. How do Tocqueville's observations apply to the 21st century? What did he get wrong, and what did he get right? Our guests explore all of these questions and more–take a listen!