Tocqueville

inequalities do not strike the eye; when everything is nearly on the same level, the slightest are marked enough to hurt it. Hence the desire of equality always becomes more insatiable in proportion as equality is more complete” (Tocqueville 138). I agree with Tocqueville in the idea that the more equal everyone is, the more scrutiny there is from society and the definition of equality is questioned. We all say we want equality for all, however we don’t want other people to have “more” than ourselves

Alexis De Tocqueville, Democracy in America      Aristocracy is a phenomenon that is perhaps as natural a summer crop, and as devastating as the locusts that eat it. De Tocqueville’s position on aristocracy is quite clear. He is a strong advocate of the aristocracy, it is a part of the natural order and necessary. His position may have some basis, however I have yet to see the “upside'; of a caste system or a good defense of it.      De

Tocqueville offered the image of an accomplished and successful American democracy based on the equality of conditions and the sovereignty of the people. Tocqueville did not suggest that the stability of the country itself was at risk. He foresaw the gradual and inevitable disappearance of the native races and predicted that the destiny of the blacks would be intermingled with that of the white population. “The most dreadful of all the evils that threaten the future of the United States,” surmised

Among the different issues arising out of a republican democracy, Tocqueville attempted to reconcile what seems to be an irreconcilable conflict between equality and liberty, a conflict that one may have read and understood from Mill’s essays on liberty as well. What is the relation between equality and liberty? While now the word democracy generally is used to refer to liberal democracy - the adjective is implicit - the relationship between liberty and equality is neither historically nor theoretically

Alexis de Tocqueville was a French sociologist and a political theorist. He grew up in France, however, traveled to America to study the prison system and returned to France with a broader knowledge and observation from the United States. He condensed his finding in a book called “Democracy in America,” which he published in 1835. In the book, he showed how he admired the individualism and the stability of the economy, yet questioned its embrace of slavery and treatment of Native Americans. Chapter

Tocqueville and Putnam The works of Alexis de Tocqueville have been tested by time, and as we have begun the 21st century, a variety of his ideas have fallen by the wayside as the evolution of American life has left them irrelevant; however, many observations laid out in “Democracy in America”, have proven to hold true to this day. Of these theories authored by Tocqueville, the common theme of individualism allows for the examination of ideas that have retained their relevance, as well as ideas

People in Great Britain wanted to escape the aristocracy and establish freedom for themselves and their families. The writings of Alexis de Tocqueville, in Democracy in America, and J. Hector St. John Crevecoeur's, "Letter from an American Farmer," helped catapult the idea of America being this new land of the brave and free. According to Tocqueville, American became a place where the Puritans found freedom for themselves. The Puritans really pushed for democracy and equality in this new land as

Democracy by Alexis de Tocqueville best embodies the American ideal of separation of church from state because you would have no freedom since everything would be decided for you. This text is still relevant today in view of the fact that we still believe that church should be separated from state. Why is separation of church from state important? In the text in Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville she states “In the moral world everything is classed, adapted, decided, and foreseen.” In

The Consideration of Democracy, Blacks, and Slavery Tocqueville, in Democracy in America, dwells on the strengths and weaknesses of American democracy. When discussing race relations, he recognizes that the presence of the black race in America and the occupation of blacks in slavery could threaten the continuation of the United States as a Union and a republic. As a Union, the United States could be torn apart by the disparities between the North and the South and tensions between blacks and whites

In Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville is highly congratulatory towards American embodiment of religion, specifically Christianity. In his section on the indirect influence of religion on American politics, he speaks positively of the enormous influence Christian morality maintains in America over the “souls of men” (de Tocqueville 388). In this essay, I will attempt to answer the questions brought forth by de Tocqueville, by examining his own work and evaluating it through the eyes of two