The Compatibility Of Equality And Freedom

Alexis de Tocqueville was a famous political thinker and socialist in nineteenth-century France. So, Tocqueville’s thought and concept has been extensively studied internationally in political research field (about the revolution and society in France)after the age he lived. In there years, A enthusiastic phenomenon has been discovered in my motherland. Tocqueville became a popular object in political research field. Combining Tocqueville’s era background,thesis intends to present his theory of equality and freedom, mainly the theory of how to deal with the relationship between equality and freedom. In order to reveal the Tocqueville’s theory of revolution’s value and this theory’s value meaning to the modern society.The study state about Tocqueville’s ideas are briefly analyzed in the introduction. The first chapter, firstly introduce Tocqueville’s lifetime, his era background and political career in France; Secondly, discuss the events——The enlightenment in France, The revolution in France and Democratic system in America——which have the most important influence for Tocqueville’s theory of the revolution’s value.The second chapter, Tocqueville’s idea about equality and freedom are analyzed at the beginning, mainly the Tocqueville’s method of how to deal with the relationship between equality and freedom. More than that, combining these Tocqueville’s ideas to present the perfect status of democracy in Tocqueville’s theory, and the judgement of the revolution in France.The third chapter, the influence for all the scholar and the value for Chinese modern society about Tocqueville’s ideas are analyzed in this chapter. At last, you will know the significance of Tocqueville’s theory in the system of western research field, and reassert the significance of freedom in Tocqueville’s ideas.The orientation of Tocqueville’s theory of revolution’s value was a significant question in the international academe. This question has a influence about Tocqueville’s position in the history of political idea. Indeed, equality、freedom and the relationship between these two ideas was a key point about human’s future and the theory of modern times. Tocqueville’s democratic idea was a advanced and prophetic theory. So, his idea has a significant influence for later scholar.The idea of Tocqueville were service for the bourgeoisie. But, his theory has some values for our country. So, we need a cognition about Tocqueville’idea. This is the core of the text.