4.5
La democracia en América
El viaje de nueve meses a través de estados unidos realizado en 1831 por Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859), en busca de información sobre las reformas del sistema penitenciario norteamericano, inspiró una de las más importantes obras de teoría política y de interpretación histórica de la época contemporánea. LA DEMOCRACIA EN AMÉRICA es un libro clásico gracias a la peculiar combinación de observaciones precisas, generalizaciones audaces e intuiciones geniales mediante las que el autor supo captar las grandes tendencias que configurarían la sociedad burguesa del futuro. publicado en 1835, el primer volumen (CS 3418) consagró a Tocqueville como el «heredero lógico de Montesquieu». el segundo volumen (CS 3419), aparecido en 1840, reflexiona acerca de la influencia de la democracia sobre el movimiento intelectual, los sentimientos y las costumbres de los norteamericanos, realizando una caracterización general de la civilización igualitaria.
PhilosophyPoliticalPolitical SciencePolitical IdeologiesDemocracyPolitical Process
RELEASED2005
PUBLISHERAlianza Editorial
LENGTH624
LANGUAGEES
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Alexis de TocquevilleFrench political thinker and historian, minister of Foreign Affairs (1805-1859)
Alexis Charles Henri Clérel, comte de Tocqueville (29 July 1805 – 16 April 1859), colloquially known as Tocqueville, was a French aristocrat, diplomat, political scientist and historian. He is best known for his works *Democracy in America* (appearing in two volumes, 1835 and 1840) and *The Old Regime and the Revolution* (1856). In both, he analysed the improved living standards and social conditions of individuals as well as their relationship to the market and state in Western societies. Democracy in America was published after Tocqueville's travels in the United States and is today considered an early work of sociology and political science. Tocqueville was active in French politics, first under the July Monarchy (1830–1848) and then during the Second Republic (1849–1851) which succeeded the February 1848 Revolution. He retired from political life after Louis Napoléon Bonaparte's 2 December 1851 coup and thereafter began work on *The Old Regime and the Revolution*. Tocqueville argued the importance of the French Revolution was to continue the process of modernizing and centralizing the French state which had begun under King Louis XIV. The failure of the Revolution came from the inexperience of the deputies who were too wedded to abstract Enlightenment ideals. Tocqueville was a classical liberal who advocated parliamentary government and was skeptical of the extremes of democracy. During his time in parliament, he sat on the centre-left, but the complex and restless nature of his liberalism has led to contrasting interpretations and admirers across the political spectrum. Regarding his political position, Tocqueville wrote "the word 'left' is... the word I wanted to attach to my name so that it would remain attached to it forever." **Source**: [Alexis de Tocqueville](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_de_Tocqueville) on Wikipedia.
4.5
La democracia en América
El viaje de nueve meses a través de estados unidos realizado en 1831 por Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859), en busca de información sobre las reformas del sistema penitenciario norteamericano, inspiró una de las más importantes obras de teoría política y de interpretación histórica de la época contemporánea. LA DEMOCRACIA EN AMÉRICA es un libro clásico gracias a la peculiar combinación de observaciones precisas, generalizaciones audaces e intuiciones geniales mediante las que el autor supo captar las grandes tendencias que configurarían la sociedad burguesa del futuro. publicado en 1835, el primer volumen (CS 3418) consagró a Tocqueville como el «heredero lógico de Montesquieu». el segundo volumen (CS 3419), aparecido en 1840, reflexiona acerca de la influencia de la democracia sobre el movimiento intelectual, los sentimientos y las costumbres de los norteamericanos, realizando una caracterización general de la civilización igualitaria.
PhilosophyPoliticalPolitical SciencePolitical IdeologiesDemocracyPolitical Process
RELEASED2005
PUBLISHERAlianza Editorial
LENGTH624
LANGUAGEES
Alexis de TocquevilleFrench political thinker and historian, minister of Foreign Affairs (1805-1859)
Alexis Charles Henri Clérel, comte de Tocqueville (29 July 1805 – 16 April 1859), colloquially known as Tocqueville, was a French aristocrat, diplomat, political scientist and historian. He is best known for his works *Democracy in America* (appearing in two volumes, 1835 and 1840) and *The Old Regime and the Revolution* (1856). In both, he analysed the improved living standards and social conditions of individuals as well as their relationship to the market and state in Western societies. Democracy in America was published after Tocqueville's travels in the United States and is today considered an early work of sociology and political science. Tocqueville was active in French politics, first under the July Monarchy (1830–1848) and then during the Second Republic (1849–1851) which succeeded the February 1848 Revolution. He retired from political life after Louis Napoléon Bonaparte's 2 December 1851 coup and thereafter began work on *The Old Regime and the Revolution*. Tocqueville argued the importance of the French Revolution was to continue the process of modernizing and centralizing the French state which had begun under King Louis XIV. The failure of the Revolution came from the inexperience of the deputies who were too wedded to abstract Enlightenment ideals. Tocqueville was a classical liberal who advocated parliamentary government and was skeptical of the extremes of democracy. During his time in parliament, he sat on the centre-left, but the complex and restless nature of his liberalism has led to contrasting interpretations and admirers across the political spectrum. Regarding his political position, Tocqueville wrote "the word 'left' is... the word I wanted to attach to my name so that it would remain attached to it forever." **Source**: [Alexis de Tocqueville](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_de_Tocqueville) on Wikipedia.
