The Tocquevillian Moment of Republicanism

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Brief Overview

This paper re-situates Tocqueville—often seen as a liberal—by showing how his reflections on corruption, domination, soft despotism, civic virtue and civil religion exemplifies a Tocquevillian moment of republicanism in modern political thought.

Author

• Kai Zhang, Peking University