Tocqueville's State of Nature Foundation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7608380 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Raul Rodríguez (0000-0002-4726-6100, University of Notre Dame, corresponding author), Raúl G Rodríguez (University of Notre Dame) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 352-364 |
| Publication date | 2022-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0092-5853 • E-ISSN: 1540-5907 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ajps.12579 |
| OpenAlex | W3112516807 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 28 |
This article presents an entirely new interpretation of the foundations of Alexis de Tocqueville's liberalism. The current scholarly consensus is that Tocqueville rejects the state of nature foundation of early modern political thought. In contrast to this orthodox view, I maintain that this early modern theory serves as one of the foundations of his political philosophy. This essay contends that Tocqueville's Memoir on Pauperism proves that he has an anthropology that is heavily indebted to state of nature theory, particularly Rousseau's. Moreover, key sections of Democracy in America , read in light of the Memoir on Pauperism , reveal that state of nature theory is operative in Tocqueville's new political science. Finally, The Old Regime and the Revolution explains why Tocqueville was a moderate state of nature thinker. By unearthing this hitherto unnoticed foundation, I hope to challenge scholars to reexamine the enduring importance of Tocqueville's innovative liberalism
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Tocqueville between Two Worlds
Politics and Vision
Democracy in America
Interpreting Tocqueville's Democracy in America
Covenant & Constitutionalism
Tocqueville, Democracy, and Religion
Tocqueville’s New Political Science in the Shadow of the Old
Tocqueville’s Savages
Tocqueville and the Challenge of Historicism
Tocqueville's Paradoxical Moderation
Tocqueville on Religion, the Enlightenment, and the Democratic Soul
Alexis de Tocqueville and the Two-Founding Thesis
Colonial Violence And The Rhetoric Of Evasion
Liberalism Under Siege
Rethinking Political Power
The Immovable Foundations of the Infinite and Immortal
Aristocracy in Tocqueville
The Intellectual Origins of Tocqueville's Thought
Educating Democracy
John Locke Two Treatises of Government
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |