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The Plight Of The Freedom And Protection Of The Freedom

Posted on:2009-10-04Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:B LiuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2206360272483701Subject:Political Theory
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As a great liberalism thinker in the 19th century,Tocqueville's lifetime offers to the free pursue,in this pursue,he has done research deeply in the threat to freedom which democratic community received The former scholar places to the field of vision in Tocqueville's democratic ideas.The author thought that Tocqueville is a liberalism thinker essentially;he most pays attention to the freedom of the democratic time.He thinks that free is the goal,but the democracy realizes the free method in the democratic time. But freedom has been faced many difficult positions in the democratic timeIn his opinion,the equality stimulates Individual to like the independent tendency,causes the human to favor to the self-individual cognition,and is helpful in one autonomous idea formation.But this status's equality easy to expedite childbirth widely requests the equality personally in other aspects,therefore to violate the freedom.The difference between freedom and the equal caused the people to pursue the equality to neglect the free safeguard excessively,the excessive equalization pursue easy to create most despotic in the political system.The equalization time individualism tendency's enhancement,turned atomization individual personally finally,this kind isolated intensified the centralization tendency which personally under the ancient regime,it has already existed.This centralization has hindered the development of free in the political system and the culture.In the system stratification plane,the people's sovereignty in France must with suitable is not because of the people's sovereignty theory error,but was in one kind of understanding error and the practice limitation has caused France and the US in practices this difference theoretically,will also cause in the political practice to the people's sovereignty's wrong cognition to the free violation.Therefore,Tocqueville sought the outlet for the difficult position which faced for the free development He believed that safeguarding the civil liberty should execute the religion to be tolerated and moral returned firstly.In a society,especially in modern democratic community condition, if the members of different social classes do not fall its innermost feelings religious belief,then its freedom had the backing,but if it has reduced its religious belief,then its freedom also possibly reduces along with it.Why? believed for the members of different social classes has provided the significance fountainhead,thus has provided the center of gravity and the direction for the free motion,also has provided the backing for the free essential order.The villages and towns autonomous form association with politics is Tocqueville's important system guarantee in the process of seeking guarantee in the democratic time.Autonomous and politics forms association through the villages and towns,Tocqueville thought that individual civil spirit obtains the effective raise;individual no longer is "individual".Religious beliefs raise is plane to the free as one kind of safeguard in the political culture stratification,but the villages and towns autonomous with politics form association,then to have carried on the maintenance from the system freely.The public sentiment also safeguards the free important theory in Tocqueville's mind. The public sentiment constituted the democratic community production and the movement idea foundation at the same time,simultaneously it will als0 have the certain extent change under the democracy social conditions;in fact,this kind of change is aloof comes from aspect and so on society,economy,politics decisive influences,has oneself unique behavior individuality and the movement path.The democratic public sentiment has the foundational status in the democratic community;the democratic public sentiment is the foundation which actually the democratic community exists.The public sentiment not only may urge the reasonable political system's establishment,simultaneously is also guarantees its benignity movement the important support.The maintenance individual freedom theory which based on the centralization tendency but the residential society theory intensifies the tendency which Tocqueville founds,seeks one kind about politics and social domain balanced and harmonious political theory.
Keywords/Search Tags:Freedom, Democracy Centralization, Tocqueville
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