16. Reflection and Choice | On a Bill of Rights & Final Thoughts
Release Date: 10/04/2021
6.17 Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America | Final Thoughts
Vital Remnants
Vital Remnants, a production of the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville, walks you through great texts in human history. This season, join your host - the Center’s Director, Dr. Gary L. Gregg - as he leads an exploration of Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America. For this episode, Gary reflects back on all of the ground covered this season and offers his closing reflections. "Tocqueville's America - and Ours" is the McConnell Center's 2023-2024 programming, focused on studying Alexis de Tocqueville's 19th century work, "Democracy in America." Long considered a...
info_outline
6.16 Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America | A Fortnight in the Wilderness
Vital Remnants
Vital Remnants, a production of the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville, walks you through great texts in human history. This season, join your host - the Center’s Director, Dr. Gary L. Gregg - as he leads an exploration of Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America. For this episode, Gary's co-host, Dr. John Wilsey is joined by author Amy H. Sturgis, faculty member at Signum University with a Ph.D. in Intellectual History who specializes in Gothic and Indigenous America Studies. Together they explore Tocqueville's stand-alone work, A Fortnight in the Wilderness. ...
info_outline
6.15 Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America | Equality and Free Institutions
Vital Remnants
Vital Remnants, a production of the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville, walks you through great texts in human history. This season, join your host - the Center’s Director, Dr. Gary L. Gregg - as he leads an exploration of Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America. For this episode, Gary's co-host, Dr. John Wilsey is joined by Dr. Sara Henary from Missouri State University to explore the final sections of Tocqueville’s work. "Tocqueville's America - and Ours" is the McConnell Center's 2023-2024 programming, focused on studying Alexis de Tocqueville's 19th...
info_outline
6.14 Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America | Honor, Patriotism & Pugnacity
Vital Remnants
Vital Remnants, a production of the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville, walks you through great texts in human history. This season, join your host - the Center’s Director, Dr. Gary L. Gregg - as he leads an exploration of Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America. For this episode, Gary's co-host, Dr. John Wilsey, explores the themes of honor, patriotism & pugnacity within Tocqueville’s work while examining the ways in which America has changed since the 19th Century and the many ways in which things have stayed consistent. "Tocqueville's America - and...
info_outline
6.13 Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America | Family and the Role of Women
Vital Remnants
Vital Remnants, a production of the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville, walks you through great texts in human history. This season, join your host - the Center’s Director, Dr. Gary L. Gregg - as he leads an exploration of Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America. For this episode, Gary's co-host, Dr. John Wilsey, welcomes McConnell Scholar Kathleen Price to join him for a discussion exploring how Tocqueville observed the roles of women inside and apart from the function of family in 19th century America. "Tocqueville's America - and Ours" is the McConnell...
info_outline
6.12 Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America | Sanity, Religion & Politics
Vital Remnants
Vital Remnants, a production of the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville, walks you through great texts in human history. This season, join your host - the Center’s Director, Dr. Gary L. Gregg - as he leads an exploration of Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America. For this episode, Gary'explores Tocqueville's feelings towards the ideas of sanity and mental health, along with the intersection of religion and politics in America. "Tocqueville's America - and Ours" is the McConnell Center's 2023-2024 programming, focused on studying Alexis de Tocqueville's 19th...
info_outline
6.11 Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America | Spiritualism and Work
Vital Remnants
Vital Remnants, a production of the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville, walks you through great texts in human history. This season, join your host - the Center’s Director, Dr. Gary L. Gregg - as he leads an exploration of Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America. For this episode, Gary's co-host, Dr. John Wilsey, welcomes , the Executive Director of the Center for Religion, Culture & Democracy, to join him for a discussion exploring how Tocqueville felt towards the ideas of spiritualism and work in America. "Tocqueville's America - and Ours" is the...
info_outline
6.10 Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America | Associations and Self Interest
Vital Remnants
Vital Remnants, a production of the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville, walks you through great texts in human history. This season, join your host - the Center’s Director, Dr. Gary L. Gregg - as he leads an exploration of Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America. For this episode, Gary's co-host, Dr. John Wilsey, welcomes McConnell Scholar Riley Maddox to join him for a discussion exploring how Tocqueville felt towards the ideas of association and self-interest in America. "Tocqueville's America - and Ours" is the McConnell Center's 2023-2024 programming,...
info_outline
6.9 Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America | Is There an American Mind?
Vital Remnants
Vital Remnants, a production of the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville, walks you through great texts in human history. This season, join your host - the Center’s Director, Dr. Gary L. Gregg - as he leads an exploration of Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America. For this episode, Gary's co-host, Dr. John Wilsey, explores the theme of what Tocqueville believed defined a mindset as specifically "American." "Tocqueville's America - and Ours" is the McConnell Center's 2023-2024 programming, focused on studying Alexis de Tocqueville's 19th century work,...
info_outline
6.8 Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America | Prescient Mind
Vital Remnants
Vital Remnants, a production of the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville, walks you through great texts in human history. This season, join your host - the Center’s Director, Dr. Gary L. Gregg - as he leads an exploration of Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America. For this episode, Gary explores the theme of "prescient mind." "Tocqueville's America - and Ours" is the McConnell Center's 2023-2024 programming, focused on studying Alexis de Tocqueville's 19th century work, "Democracy in America." Long considered a classic consideration of the origins, evolution,...
info_outlineSummary
In this final episode of Season 4 of Vital Remnants, McConnell Center Director Gary Gregg closes out this series with an overview of Federalist 84-85 and five writings from the Anti-Federalists in Reflection and Choice: The Federalists, The Anti-Federalists, and the Debate that Defined America, edited by Gary L. Gregg II and Aaron N. Coleman.
Dr. Gregg discusses Publius’s argument against a Bill of Rights and the Anti-Federalist demands for one. He ends with thoughts on how American government today can be viewed through the founding debates between the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists.
Corresponding Reading
Section 14, pp. 571-600 of Gary L. Gregg II and Aaron N. Coleman, Reflection and Choice: The Federalists, The Anti-Federalists, and the Debate that Defined America.
Important Links
- Download the corresponding Reading Guide to Reflection and Choice here.
- Learn more about Reflection and Choice at https://louisville.edu/mcconnellcenter/reflection
- Purchase Reflection and Choice from ButlerBooks.com (Constitution Day Sale Price of $29.97) or Amazon.com ($49.95) Wholesale (bulk) discounts are available through orders@butlerbooks.com.
- Subscribe to our newsletter and receive McConnell Center updates directly in your mailbox.
- Please share any thoughts, questions, comments, or concerns with us via email at connor.tracy@louisville.edu.
This podcast is a production of the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville. For more information, including upcoming events, please visit us online at mcconnellcenter.org or on social media at:
Facebook: @mcconnellcenter
Instagram: @ulmcenter
Twitter: @ULmCenter
Contributors
Host: Dr. Gary L. Gregg II, McConnell Center Director
Producer and Editor: Connor Tracy, McConnell Center SBS Coordinator
Co-Editor: Will Randolph, McConnell Scholar