Tocqueville and Beaumont Aristocratic Liberalism in Democratic Times
This is the first concise study to give full credit to the collaboration of works between French nobleman, writer and politician Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-59) and his travel companion and friend Gustave de Beaumont (1802-66), and puts this collaboration
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Andreas Hess
Tocqueville and Beaumont
Andreas Hess
Tocqueville and Beaumont Aristocratic Liberalism in Democratic Times
Andreas Hess School of Sociology University College Dublin Belfield, Dublin, Ireland
ISBN 978-3-319-69666-9 ISBN 978-3-319-69667-6 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69667-6 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017960846 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Pattern adapted from an Indian cotton print produced in the 19th century Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Contents
1 Introduction: A Two-Man Research Machine 1 2 The Birth Pangs of American Democracy 19 3 In Search of New Liberal Politics: Reconciling Equality with Liberty 49 4 Republican by Necessity: The Revolution of 1848 and Beyond 89 5 What Remains? 131 References 143 Index 147
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CHAPTER 1
Introduction: A Two-Man Research Machine
Abstract Having become acquainted during legal internships in Versailles, during their nine months travel in America (1830/31) the friendship of Tocqueville and Beaumont metamorphosed effectively into a two-man ‘research machine’ concerned with the question of what the emergence of modern democracy in America entailed for France, Europe and beyond. Their joint trip to America was only the beginning; other travels would follow, to England and Ireland, and later to Algeria. Tocqueville’s and Beaumont’s lives became entwined, not just by travelling but also by writing together, by discussing each other’s work and by ‘politicking’ jointly in the French National Assembly – and after 1848 in the Constituent Assembly.
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