Alexis de Tocqueville: The Man and His Times

Worried as much about democracy’s successes as he was about its failures, Alexis de Tocqueville nonetheless observed in America the factors that could help “tame the democratic beast.” In this lecture, Dr. Jeff Polet will discuss how Tocqueville thought democracy could be “instructed” and “guided” in such a way that it could best fulfill the hopes of its advocates.