Equal Freedom And Politics--A Study Of Tocqueville's Democratic Thought

The works of Tocqueville(Democracy in America)is famous for the first time to discuss democracy as the focus of political theory,at the same time because of'equality"of this social situation,the democratic ideology of Tocqueville and the ancient Greek democracy showed a significant difference.Equality as a source of truth in a democratic society can unleash freedom and tyranny.So,Tocqueville in the based on the democratic man and aristocratic man.?the United States and France.?equal freedom and equal despotism two yuan analysisframework reiterated the importance of the classical proposition of Socrates,warned people master"a life of reflection",put forward the"enlightened self-interest"principle is to help people master to straighten out the private sector material comforts the relationship between the public spirit of public domain,to guide people to defend the master"equal freedom",against the threat of"Equal despotism"."Equal freedom"concept of education and the practice process,is actually the public spirit of the creation process,originating in the township civil liberties political public spirit also promote"politics"in the democratic era revival.