Memoria sobre el pauperismo
La Memoria sobre el pauperismo es uno de los escritos menos conocidos de Alexis de Tocqueville. Redactado entre la publicación de la primera y la segunda parte de La Democracia en América y publicado parcialmente en 1835 por la Sociedad Académica de Cherburgo, en él se analiza el problema de la pobreza en el mundo moderno. La Memoria se divide en dos partes. En la primera, se nos ofrece un diagnóstico, de clara inspiración rousseauniana, sobre la principal contradicción que preside el desarrollo de la sociedad moderna: el aumento de la prosperidad económica no se ve acompañado del correspondiente progreso en materia de justicia social. Una nueva y masiva clase de indigencia es el corolario del crecimiento industrial capitalista. Hace falta, pues, buscar la terapia más apropiada para resolver dicha cuestión, y a ello dedica la segunda parte. Tocqueville no preconiza, como los legitimistas, un retorno idealizado al agrarismo tradicional, ni confía, como los socialistas, en ningún paraíso futuro surgido de la revolución. Tampoco cree, como los economistas liberales, en la panacea del libre mercado, y se muestra muy crítico ante la caridad institucionalizada puesta en práctica en Inglaterra. Nuestro autor hace gala aquí de un lúcido pesimismo, puesto que no piensa, de manera doctrinaria, en una solución final y definitiva al problema de la pobreza, lo que no obsta para que le busque remedios razonables y preventivos inspirados en el potencial democrático-asociativo de la sociedad civil.
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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.
Memoria sobre el pauperismo
La Memoria sobre el pauperismo es uno de los escritos menos conocidos de Alexis de Tocqueville. Redactado entre la publicación de la primera y la segunda parte de La Democracia en América y publicado parcialmente en 1835 por la Sociedad Académica de Cherburgo, en él se analiza el problema de la pobreza en el mundo moderno. La Memoria se divide en dos partes. En la primera, se nos ofrece un diagnóstico, de clara inspiración rousseauniana, sobre la principal contradicción que preside el desarrollo de la sociedad moderna: el aumento de la prosperidad económica no se ve acompañado del correspondiente progreso en materia de justicia social. Una nueva y masiva clase de indigencia es el corolario del crecimiento industrial capitalista. Hace falta, pues, buscar la terapia más apropiada para resolver dicha cuestión, y a ello dedica la segunda parte. Tocqueville no preconiza, como los legitimistas, un retorno idealizado al agrarismo tradicional, ni confía, como los socialistas, en ningún paraíso futuro surgido de la revolución. Tampoco cree, como los economistas liberales, en la panacea del libre mercado, y se muestra muy crítico ante la caridad institucionalizada puesta en práctica en Inglaterra. Nuestro autor hace gala aquí de un lúcido pesimismo, puesto que no piensa, de manera doctrinaria, en una solución final y definitiva al problema de la pobreza, lo que no obsta para que le busque remedios razonables y preventivos inspirados en el potencial democrático-asociativo de la sociedad civil.
PhilosophyHistory & SurveysModernReference
RELEASED2003
PUBLISHERTecnos
LENGTH112
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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.
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