Two Forms of the Love of Equality in Tocqueville's Practical Teaching for Democracy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6356990 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John C Koritansky (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1974 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 488-499 |
| Publication date | 1974-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Polity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3497 • E-ISSN: 1744-1684 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3234029 |
| OpenAlex | W2322734567 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This exploration of the oppressive pressure toward uniformity alleged to be inherent in the modern democratic passion for equality nicely supplements the symposium on tolerance. At the core of Tocqueville's analysis of democracy is the democratic citizen's love of equality. Tocqueville sought to distinguish noble from debased equality (one elevates the humble, the other depresses the great), and to strengthen the former, Koritansky writes, resisting centralization as the ever-attractive assurance of equality of conditions. This essay explores the tyrannical component of community founded on civil religion and dedicated to equality
Core (optical fiber · Democracy · Passion · Political science · Politics · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Engineering · Law · Political Theory and Influence · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.02 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1981 - 1981 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |