A Genealogy Of Political Culture (political Culture Series)

In this lively and witty history of the study of political culture, Michael Brint examines the differences between the French sociological tradition from Montesquieu to Tocqueville; the German tradition of cultural philosophy from Kant to Weber; and the American scientific or behavioral tradition from Almond and Verba forward. Enlisting his own tra Part One: Playing The Other: The French Sociological Tradition -- Montesquieu: Entre Betes Et Dieux -- Rousseau And The Ancient Republic -- Romance And Criticism In Germaine De Stael -- Benjamin Constant's Defense Of Modern Liberalism -- Francois Guizot On The Politics Of Political Culture -- Tocqueville's New Science Of Democracy -- Part Two: Culture And Consciousness: The Tradition Of Cultural Philosophy In Germany -- Political Culture In The Age Of Goethe -- Kant's Anthropological Odyssey -- The Plurality Of Language, History, And Culture In Herder And Humboldt -- Hegel On The Ends Of Ethical Life -- Faustian Dialectics In The Works Of Karl Marx -- Which Weber? Whose Weber? -- Part Three: The American Science Of Political Culture And The Culture Of American Political Science -- Separate Tables: On The Culture Of American Political Science -- Getting Our Professional History Straight: On The American Science Of Political Culture -- Funeral Orations To Behavioral Science -- Inside Dante's Hell -- A Critical Dialogue On Political Participation -- The Rebirth Of Political Culture. Michael Brint. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. A history of the study of political culture which examines the differences between the French sociological tradition from Montesquieu to Tocqueville, the German tradition of cultural philosophy from Kant to Weber, and the American scientific or behavioural tradition from Almond and Verba onwards. Introduction Playing the Other: The French Sociological Tradition Culture and Consciousness: the Tradition of Cultural Philosophy in Germany The American Science of Political Culture and the Culture of American Political Science