Between America and Europe. Tocqueville and the History of the Concept of Democracy

  • Sandro Chignola Universidad de Padua
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_RPUB.2014.v17.n1.45558
Keywords: Tocqueville, democracy, history of political concepts, individual, gover namentality.

Abstract

This article focuses on the works of Alexis de Tocqueville as a contribution to the history of the concepts of individual and governance. Democracy is not a form of government, as conceived in the political tradition, but a tendency that marks the new condition of the world, the problem of modern times which forces the renewal of categories and concepts for a theory of government.

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Published
2014-06-06
How to Cite
Chignola S. (2014). Between America and Europe. Tocqueville and the History of the Concept of Democracy. Res Publica. Revista de Historia de las Ideas Políticas, 17(1), 99-114. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_RPUB.2014.v17.n1.45558
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Vol. 17 No. 1 (2014)
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