Religion and Social Capital in Tocqueville’s “Democracy in America”

Authors

  • Jaime de Salas Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UAM)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/arbor.2011.750n4005

Keywords:

Religion, Tocqueville, Ortega, belief, custom

Abstract


In this article two ways of understanding religión in Democracy in America are exposed. The second of these is related to Putnam’s idea of social capital. Finally the idea of custom in Tocqueville is related to Ortega’s theory of belief.

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Published

2011-08-30

How to Cite

de Salas, J. (2011). Religion and Social Capital in Tocqueville’s “Democracy in America”. Arbor, 187(750), 705–713. https://doi.org/10.3989/arbor.2011.750n4005

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