Aguilar Rivera
Biographic Data
| ID | 6501412 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aguilar Rivera |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aguilar |
| FAMILY NAME | Rivera |
| SIGNATURE | RIVERA A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Claiming Tocqueville
Alexis de Tocqueville has been claimed by historians and political theorists on both the Left and the Right. This article examines three authors from the Left –Reinhardt, Wolin and Jacoby– who challenge the idea of Tocqueville’s obsolescence. However, Reinhardt and Wolin don’t succeed in their endeavors because they fail to capture the full democratic potential of Tocqueville’s theoretical proposal. Jacoby, on the other hand, finds in Tocqueville…
Tocqueville on Equality and Democracy
In his essay on Tocqueville and Latin America Claudio López-Guerra asserts that, according to Alexis de Tocqueville, in the XIXth century Mexico and the United States had the same social state but not the same mores. The contention that follows is that religion (Catholicism v. Protestantism) is more important than equality in shaping the mores of a democratic people. In Democracy in America Tocqueville asserted: “It is true that the Anglo-America…
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Tocqueville on Equality and Democracy
In his essay on Tocqueville and Latin America Claudio López-Guerra asserts that, according to Alexis de Tocqueville, in the XIXth century Mexico and the United States had the same social state but not the same mores. The contention that follows is that religion (Catholicism v. Protestantism) is more important than equality in shaping the mores of a democratic people. In Democracy in America Tocqueville asserted: “It is true that the Anglo-America…
Claiming Tocqueville
Alexis de Tocqueville has been claimed by historians and political theorists on both the Left and the Right. This article examines three authors from the Left –Reinhardt, Wolin and Jacoby– who challenge the idea of Tocqueville’s obsolescence. However, Reinhardt and Wolin don’t succeed in their endeavors because they fail to capture the full democratic potential of Tocqueville’s theoretical proposal. Jacoby, on the other hand, finds in Tocqueville…
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