<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><entry xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14521251.post-116838931718500423</id><published>2007-01-10T00:28:00.000Z</published><updated>2007-02-27T19:52:30.608Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><title type='text'>Alexis De Tocqueville: Prophet of Democracy in the Age of Revolution</title><summary type='text'>By Hugh BroganIn 1927 Paul Valéry wrote that Europe dreams of being ruled by an American Commission, and for many Europeans America is still seen as having an enviable freedom from the burdens of the past. There may be few who would now want to be subject to American rule but there are still many who see America as standing for a kind of freedom and equality to which Europeans can still only </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://worthyread.blogspot.com/feeds/116838931718500423/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14521251&amp;postID=116838931718500423' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14521251/posts/default/116838931718500423'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14521251/posts/default/116838931718500423'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://worthyread.blogspot.com/2007/01/alexis-de-tocqueville-prophet-of.html' title='Alexis De Tocqueville: Prophet of Democracy in the Age of Revolution'/><author><name>Abercromby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10787951638372777151'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry>