Assignment 1

Note: Before answering this part of the assignment, please read Democracy in America, by Alexis de Tocqueville, edited and abridged by Heffner.

Chapter 12. Unlimited Power of the Majority in the United States and Its Consequences

In this chapter Tocqueville puts forward his most famous and controversial concept, the "tyranny of the majority." He applies this both to political life and to social custom. This concept, tyranny of the majority, is basic to understanding Tocqueville, so make sure you understand it. Listen in lecture for an application of the concept to Indian-European relations.

• What is tyranny of the majority? Can you give an example?

• Comment on: "When I refuse to obey an unjust law, I do not contest the right of the majority to command, but I simply appeal from the sovereignty of the people to the sovereignty of mankind."

• Is there true freedom of thought in the United States, a democracy?

Assignment 2

Democracy in Your Community

The assignment addresses two of the goals of the course: the study of Tocqueville (in this case by applying his ideas), and proficiency in discursive prose. To complete the assignment:

1.      Attend a public event in your community—a lecture, concert, pla y, meeting, exhibit, film, caucus, rally, or other such public event. Athletic events are excluded, not because they are unworthy, but because masses of people go to them anyway. Find some event you are interested in. We say, “in your community,” and you can decide what your community is. It can be your old home town, Fargo, the university, a church parish, a residence hall.

2.      Write a paragraph reporting on the event you attended. This paragraph should be sound in composition and should relate the event you attended to the Tocqueville text, Democracy in America. Any event can be related in some way to some part of Tocqueville.

Below is an example of what is require:

Event attended: Lecture by Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman, "The Challenge of America's Land-Grant Universities"

United States Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman, in a public lecture sponsored by the NDSU College of Agriculture, spoke on the topic, "The Challenge of America's Land-Grant Universities." He began by talking about how universities such as NDSU have their origins in an act of Congress in 1862, the Morrill Land Grant College Act, sponsored by Congressman Justin Morrill. The land-grant colleges were supposed to offer education that was "practical" as well as "liberal," and they were supposed to be open to all. In line with the "practical" aspect, the land-grant universities were given responsibility for research to improve agriculture and rural life and for extension to provide useful information to rural people. Secretary Glickman believes that land-grant universities today have to change in two ways: they need to recognize broader interests (because consumers and environmentalists are interested in agriculture), and they need to use technology to reach out to more people. Listening to Secretary Glickman talk about the "practical" mission of land-grant universities reminded me of Tocqueville's essay, "Why the Americans Are More Addicted to Practical than to Theoretical Science." I think Tocqueville would say that universities like NDSU are typically American, because they are so concerned with "the applications of science" and not so much with philosophy or theory.

Rubric for Grading “History in Your Community”

Is the museum or site clearly identified—name, location, organization, date of visit?

2

Is the museum or site described clearly and concisely?

10

Are the outstanding features of the museum or site noted?

6

Does the report evaluate the purposes, values, and interpretations conveyed by the museum or site?

10

Is the report sound as to rhetoric and style?

2

Total Points Possible

30

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