Alexis de Tocqueville
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Tocqueville · De Tocqueville · M. de Tocqueville
in the texts
Lectures on the Relation between Law and Public Opinion in England
French writer identified as one of three modern writers who foresaw the course of contemporary history, notably predicting the 1848 Revolution and the future rise of socialism.
Tocqueville uttered in January 1848 words which are strictly prophetic of the Revolution of February 1848.
“Le socialisme restera-t-il enseveli dans le mépris qui couvre si justement les socialistes de 1848?
A prudent man will in these circumstances do well to adopt as his conclusion the words of Alexis de Tocqueville:
Dissertations on Early Law and Custom
French historian cited for his account of the French nobility's caste-like alienation from the peasantry.
De Tocqueville has strongly suggested, and others after him will probably demonstrate, that the enormous social prestige of the French Court and its constant indulgence of its military tastes had at length turned the French territorial nobility into a caste as distinct from the cultivating peasantry as is the Rajput from the Sudra, as distinct as was the white planter of the Southern States from t …
as Tocqueville has pointed out, the agents of the centralised royal authority had usurped all serious administrative functions;
De Tocqueville, who first dug deep into the cahiers, and showed what great results might be obtained by thoroughly exploring that mine, has left the striking remark that no foreigner can properly appreciate the state of sentiment in one section of French society, where there is scarcely a single family in which the guillotining of a parent or a near relative is not a recollection or a fresh tradition;
Lectures on the Early History of Institutions
French historian whose 'Ancien Régime' is cited on the French nobility's reliance on feudal dues.
de Tocqueville has explained, in his ‘Ancien Régime’ (i.