Yuji Takayama
Biographic Data
| ID | 6251020 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yuji Takayama |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yuji |
| FAMILY NAME | Takayama |
| SIGNATURE | TAKAYAMA Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Meiji University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Beyond ‘civil religion’ – on Pascalian influence in Tocqueville
In volume two of his work Democracy in America (1840), Alexis de Tocqueville argued that religion could guarantee individual liberties against the tyranny of the majority. However, in volume one of this work (1835), Tocqueville presented a conventional ‘civil religion’ as a phenomenon that was identical to or subsumed by American social mores or opinions. Thus, the following questions are raised: How can such a religion represent a brake on poten…
Tocqueville on Pantheism
This article argues that Tocqueville considered pantheism as the theoretical foundation of two types of democratic despotism: the omnipotence of “the majority” as an intellectual effect of pantheism, and administrative centralization as a political effect, such as that found in Saint-Simonianism. Focusing on Tocqueville’s critical views against the thirst for “pan” or the passion for unity in postrevolutionary French publications, this article sh…
Tocqueville on Pantheism
This article argues that Tocqueville considered pantheism as the theoretical foundation of two types of democratic despotism: the omnipotence of “the majority” as an intellectual effect of pantheism, and administrative centralization as a political effect, such as that found in Saint-Simonianism. Focusing on Tocqueville’s critical views against the thirst for “pan” or the passion for unity in postrevolutionary French publications, this article sh…
Tocqueville on Pantheism
This article argues that Tocqueville considered pantheism as the theoretical foundation of two types of democratic despotism: the omnipotence of “the majority” as an intellectual effect of pantheism, and administrative centralization as a political effect, such as that found in Saint-Simonianism. Focusing on Tocqueville’s critical views against the thirst for “pan” or the passion for unity in postrevolutionary French publications, this article sh…
Beyond ‘civil religion’ – on Pascalian influence in Tocqueville
In volume two of his work Democracy in America (1840), Alexis de Tocqueville argued that religion could guarantee individual liberties against the tyranny of the majority. However, in volume one of this work (1835), Tocqueville presented a conventional ‘civil religion’ as a phenomenon that was identical to or subsumed by American social mores or opinions. Thus, the following questions are raised: How can such a religion represent a brake on poten…
American Constitutional Law and Politics (2 works) · Democracy (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Political Theory and Influence (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Religious Studies (2 works)