Hegel and Tocqueville on religion and modern politics

• In Event: Church and State: On the Foundations of Obligation and Communal Bonds

Brief Overview

I argue that Hegel and Tocqueville provide powerful defenses against those who criticize liberalism for being antithetical to religion. I examine their seemingly contradictory views on the relation between religion and the modern state.

Author

• Yiyang Zhuge, Boston College