MODERNİTE ELEŞTİRMENİ OLARAK ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE: ÖZGÜRLÜK VE POLİTİK DÜŞÜNCE ÜZERINE
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE AS A CRITIC OF MODERNITY: ON LIBERTY AND THE POLITICAL THOUGHT

Author : Devrim ÖZKAN
Number of pages : 1149-1159

Abstract

Alexis de Tocqueville is one of the leading representatives of aristocratic liberal tradition starting from Henri de Boulainvilliers and Montesquieu. The views of aristocratic liberals criticizing the effects of modernism on social and political developments have affected current political discussions as well. The results about the negative effects of political and cultural centralization were main concerns. Furthermore, a discrete difference came into question between the perceptions of modern humanistic tradition and aristocratic liberals. The major reason for being in a counter-view in the discussions of political and cultural issues is the differences in their humanistic stance. Due to its democratic attitude, modern humanism tends to curtail in

Keywords

Humanism, French Revolution, Aristotelianism, modernity, modern politics.

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