Toqueville s moral thought.pdf

The nature of Tocqueville's liberalism is the main focus of this book, in which Ossewaarden argues that Tocqueville seeks to reconcile the Christian & the citizen in the context of modernity, & explores the question of how Tocqueville's work synthesizes religion & politics.

Writings on Empire and Slavery

After completing his research for Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville turned to the French consolidation of its empire in North Africa, which he believed deserving of similar attention. Tocqueville began studying Algerian history and culture, making two trips to Algeria in 1841 and 1846. He quickly became one of France's foremost experts on the country and wrote essays, articles, official letters, and parliamentary reports on such diverse topics as France's military and administrative policies in North Africa, the people of the Maghrib...