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http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/123456789/5033| Title: | Alexis de Tocqueville y su daguerrotipo del <i>homo democraticus</i> |
| Keywords: | Tocqueville democracy American Revolution French Revolution Malesherbes Tocqueville democracia revolución americana revolución francesa Malesherbes |
| Issue Date: | 30-May-2013 |
| Publisher: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas |
| Description: | This article is on Tocqueville and his thoughts about the vicissitudes of the democracy which have been given a fresh impetus because of the massive demonstrations driven or generated by the 15<sup>th</sup>-May spirit. Such as the texts written by the rest of the classical authors, his writings were right when both approaching the problems and arousing diagnostics and are still capable to drive us to think anew about the rules of the democratic game. Following the paradoxical destiny of his great-grandfather Malesherbes, who defended the rights of the people before Louis 16<sup>th</sup> and next the rights of the King before the revolutionary court, the aristocratic Tocqueville became a champion of the unstoppable democratic revolution but without forgetting the potential dangers caused by this revolution. His comparison between both French and American revolutions helped him to define the qualities of the homo democraticus. The text intends to work as a sort of lay-out of the material collected in this issue.<br><br>Tocqueville y sus reflexiones en torno a los avatares de la democracia cobran una inusitada vigencia con las movilizaciones generada por el espíritu del 15M. Como cualquier otro clásico que se precie de merecer tal nombre, sus escritos aciertan a la hora de plantear los problemas y suscitar diagnósticos que no han perdido su capacidad para hacernos repensar las reglas del juego democrático. Siguiendo el paradójico destino de su bisabuelo Malesherbes, quien defendió los derechos del pueblo ante Luis XVI y luego a éste frente al tribunal revolucionario, el aristocrático Tocqueville se convertiría en un paladín de la imparable revolución democrática, sin dejar de analizar los potenciales peligros entrañados por ésta. Su comparación entre las revoluciones americana y francesa le serviría para definir a los atributos del <i>homo democraticus</i>. El texto pretende servir de presentación a los materiales recogidos en este número. |
| URI: | http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/jspui/handle/123456789/5033 |
| Other Identifiers: | http://arbor.revistas.csic.es/index.php/arbor/article/view/1337/1346 http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&genre=article&issn=02101963&date=2011&volume=187&issue=750&spage=665 |
| Appears in Collections: | Science General |
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