{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":300,"width":600,"title":"Ep. 237 - The Genius of America: How De Tocqueville Saw Our Future ","description":"For our annual online academic study this year, we are taking a journey through our republic with Alexis de Tocqueville\u2019s \u201cDemocracy in America.\u201d It is perhaps the best book ever written about America and democracy, according to our guest today.&amp;nbsp; In this work, De Toqueville takes on an almost prophetic voice in predicting the future of&amp;nbsp; our country and our constitutional republic. How was De Tocqueville&amp;nbsp; able to leverage his knowledge of philosophy to accomplish this?&amp;nbsp; What truths was he willing to tell us about our governmental institutions?&amp;nbsp; To walk us through this aspect of De Toqueville\u2019s work, we are honored to welcome Ra\u00fal Rodriguez, assistant professor in the School of Civic Leadership at the University of Texas at Austin, for this enlightening conversation. ","author_name":"Constitutional Chats Presented By Constituting America","author_url":"https:\/\/www.constitutingamerica.org","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/34318945\/height\/300\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"300\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/34318945"}