Tocqueville :

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" Tocqueville : "
Malakos, Apostolos.

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Record Number	:	1092662
Doc. No	:	TLets244500
Main Entry	:	Malakos, Apostolos.
Title & Author	:	Tocqueville :\ Malakos, Apostolos.
College	:	London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
Date	:	1996
student score	:	1996
Degree	:	Ph.D.
Abstract	:	The thesis is a study of the work of Alexis de Tocquevillewritten in the light of the current debate about the intellectualorigins and ideological content of modernity. The central argumentis that Tocqueville should be seen first and foremost as one of themost perceptive and original theorists of modernity. Tocqueville'swork has been underestimated and minsunderstood. largely becausethe complexity of his theoretical project has not been given the creditit merits.To sustain these central claims two complimentary argumentsare advanced. First. to understand fully the broadness and depth ofTocqueville's analysis of democratic modernity requires appreciationof the importance of one theoretical and one methodological breakin his work. The former occurs when Tocqueville is preparing thesecond volume of Democracy in America. From this book onwardshis agenda is radicalized moving beyond the aristocratic liberalism ofthe first volume. The methodological break is evident in the contentof the Ancien Regime and the French Revolution. in which. despite athematic continuity with the second volume of Democracy inAmerica, Tocqueville presents a much more elaborate analysis of theemergence of democratic modernity and the specifically modernrelationship between the public and the private.Second. a full appreciation of Tocqueville's originality emergeswhen his thought is systematically compared with the thought ofsome other modern and contemporary theorists of modernity. In thethesis Tocqueville's work is read in parallel to the work of anothermajor theorist of modernity. Max Weber and a lot of thematic andsubstantive similarities between their thought are suggested.Tocqueville's work is also read in parallel to the works of twosympathetic critics of modernity. Jurgen Habermas and HansBlumemberg and two rather unsympathetic critics. ZygmuntBauman and Michel Foucault. The reading of his work within theintellectual framework of his time is not sufficient. although it isnecessary. since Tocqueville's novelty allowed him to go beyond theproblematic of his intellectual environment.Last. but not least. besides making extensive use of thesecondary literature. and constructively criticizing it. the thesisprovides its own distinctive reading of Tocqueville's work.
Subject	:	Philosophy
Added Entry	:	London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)