Tocqueville and Aristocracy
Political scientists and historians from the U.S. and Europe talked about the philosophies of Alexis de Tocqueville, questioning how much of… read more
Political scientists and historians from the U.S. and Europe talked about the philosophies of Alexis de Tocqueville, questioning how much of a democrat he was and how much the philosopher Aristotle influenced his writing. The discussion was based on Professor John Diggins’s paper, “A Vanquished Aristocrat in Democratic America: Alexis de Tocqueville on the Topic of Aristocracy.” close
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