Postmodern Prophet: Tocqueville Visits Vegas

Postmodern Prophet: Tocqueville Visits Vegas

Alexis de Tocqueville anticipated Las Vegas NV as a cultural phenomenon. Las Vegas is the most perfect embodiment of Tocqueville's cultural vision of America as a democratically spirited and cheap imitation of Europe.

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of democracy 2000, Vol.11 (1), p.111-118
1. Verfasser: Cantor, Paul A. (Paul Arthur)
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Capitalism
Cities
Culture
Democracy
History of political ideas
Las Vegas
Money
Postmodernism
Tocqueville, Alexis de
Tocqueville, Alexis de (1805-59)
United States
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Zusammenfassung:Alexis de Tocqueville anticipated Las Vegas NV as a cultural phenomenon. Las Vegas is the most perfect embodiment of Tocqueville's cultural vision of America as a democratically spirited and cheap imitation of Europe.
ISSN:1045-5736
1086-3214
1086-3214
DOI:10.1353/jod.2000.0002