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Aristocracy in Tocqueville

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ID4524210
AuthorsAlan S Kahan (0000-0003-3461-6260, corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume27
Issue2
Pages323-348
Publication date2006-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Tocqueville Review/La revue Tocqueville (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0730-479X • E-ISSN: 1918-6649
PublisherUniversity of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3138/ttr.27.2.323
OpenAlexW2460574188
LanguageEN
Citations received3

Alexis de Tocqueville is probably the best modern writer on the subject of democracy, and certainly the most quoted. But when Tocqueville writes about democracy, he never considers it in isolation. There is always a weight on the other side of the scales, even if it is invisible to the casual observer: aristocracy. Relatively little attention has been given to Tocqueville's understanding of aristocracy, or to his views about how aristocratie elements contribute to democratic society. Yet Tocqueville's conception of aristocracy is crucial to how he analyzes democracy, and his understanding of the nature of aristocracy is central to his work

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Unique citing works3
Citations per year0,75
Citation span2022 - 2025 (4)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 3

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