Marcel Gauchet’s L'Avènement de la Démocratie: Tocqueville Redux

• In Event: Fate of Liberal Democracy: Tocqueville and Smith

Brief Overview

The Advent of Democracy (2013-17) is one of the most ambitious contemporary works of democratic theory. I trace its origins in Gauchet’s 80s Tocqueville article, and argue that Gauchet offers not a critique but a recapitulation of his precursor.

Author

• James Tussing, University of Notre Dame