Freedom, Necessity, and History in Tocqueville’s Theory of American Marriage

• In Event: Thinking Inside and Outside of the Canon

Brief Overview

We addressed Tocqueville's American marriage theory and found 2 contradictions: freedom & sociability, and education & corruption.He can't solve "legislator paradox".Still, we find in him the shadow of some republicans(Machiavelli and Rousseau).

Author

• Zifeng Wu, Peking University