Alexis de Tocqueville

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Alexis de Tocqueville was a 19th-century French political thinker and historian best known for his analysis of democracy and society in works such as "Democracy in America."

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instanceOf historian
human
political thinker
writer
birthCountry France
birthDate 1805-07-29
birthPlace Paris
burialPlace Tocqueville, Manche, France
citizenship France
coTraveler Gustave de Beaumont
deathCountry France
deathDate 1859-04-16
deathPlace Cannes
familyName Alexis de Tocqueville self-linksurface differs
surface form: Clérel de Tocqueville
fieldOfWork history
political philosophy
sociology
fullName Alexis de Tocqueville self-linksurface differs
surface form: Alexis Charles Henri Clérel de Tocqueville
givenName Alexis
heldPosition Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs
surface form: Foreign Minister of France
ideology liberalism
influenced Hannah Arendt
John Stuart Mill
Raymond Aron
Robert Nisbet
influencedBy Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Montesquieu
knownFor analysis of democracy in the United States
comparative analysis of aristocracy and democracy
concept of the tyranny of the majority
theory of civil society
languageOfWorkOrName French
movement classical liberalism
nationality French
notableWork Democracy in America
The Old Regime and the Revolution
occupation historian
magistrate
political scientist
politician
originalTitleOfWork Democracy in America
surface form: De la démocratie en Amérique

The Old Regime and the Revolution
surface form: L’Ancien Régime et la Révolution
politicalAffiliation French Second Republic
servedAs deputy in the French Chamber of Deputies
member of the Constituent Assembly of 1848
member of the Legislative Assembly of the French Second Republic
termAsForeignMinisterStart 1849
traveledTo United States of America
travelPurpose study of the American prison system
travelStartYear 1831

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Democracy in America author Alexis de Tocqueville
The Old Regime and the Revolution author Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis de Tocqueville familyName Alexis de Tocqueville self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Clérel de Tocqueville
Alexis de Tocqueville fullName Alexis de Tocqueville self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Alexis Charles Henri Clérel de Tocqueville
Alexis hasNotableBearer Alexis de Tocqueville
Philhellenes hasNotableMember Alexis de Tocqueville
Philhellenes hasNotableMember Alexis de Tocqueville
this entity surface form: Tocqueville
Tocqueville, Manche, France hasNotableResident Alexis de Tocqueville
Charles-Louis influenced Alexis de Tocqueville
subject surface form: Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu
John Stuart Mill influencedBy Alexis de Tocqueville
Raymond Aron influencedBy Alexis de Tocqueville
Robert Nisbet influencedBy Alexis de Tocqueville
The Conservative Mind influencedBy Alexis de Tocqueville
Tocqueville, Manche, France isAncestralHomeOf Alexis de Tocqueville
Tocqueville, Manche, France isBurialPlaceOf Alexis de Tocqueville