Tocqueville, a Providência e a História

Bibliographic Data

ID9684605
AuthorsMarcelo Gantus Jasmin (Instituto Universitário de Pesquisas do Rio de Janeiro, corresponding author)
Year1997
Volume40
Issue2
Pages199-228
Publication date1997-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDados (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0011-5258 • E-ISSN: 1678-4588
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s0011-52581997000200002
OpenAlexW1974023594
SCIELO_PIDS0011-52581997000200002
LanguagePT
Citations received2
References cited12

The article contends that for Tocqueville the notion of Providence was an important tool in dealing with problems he encountered both in explaining the emergence of democratic equality as a universal phenomenon and in defining possible lines of action for those who, like him, advocated a liberal solution to the challenges brought by modernity. Specifically, it is argued that the notion of Providence played three roles in the construction of Tocqueville’s arguments: a rhetorical role (convincing his peers that a return to the Old Regime was unfeasible); a cognitive role (lending meaning to the long-term process without reinforcing materialist views regarding either chance or the causality immanent to history); and an ethical-political role (determining the role of responsible human action within the contemporary world)

Action (physics · Causality (physics · Democracy · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Materialism · Meaning (existential · Modernity · Phenomenon · Political science · Politics · Rhetorical question · Sociology · Law · Philosophy · Political Theory and Influence · Social and Economic Solidarity

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