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Perhaps one of the best approaches to addressing the concept of democracy, though, came not from an American theorist, but from the writings of Alexis de Tocqueville, in his work Democracy in America, and his belief in the value of a historical context for democracy. This 5 page paper provides an overview of the issue presented and relates it to the current literature. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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for democracy. Though these elements are commonly constructed as central premises of the arguments for democracy, they were shaped as a progression of a modern conceptual process that has
been maintained by political and social theorists for over a century. Perhaps one of the best approaches to addressing the concept of democracy, though, came not from an American
theorist, but from the writings of Alexis de Tocqueville, in his work Democracy in America, and his belief in the value of a historical context for democracy. Alexis de Tocqueville
not only defined certain political elements, but also defined a structural focus for the integration of history, philosophy and political developments. What first appeared as a statement on political
viewpoints can better be understood within a historical and social context. Alexis de Tocqueville recognized that democracy, though touted as a distinct government defined by particular freedoms, was more
a political process that incorporated specific responsibilities and specific limitations, both in the actions of the individual and the actions of government (Shapiro 27). He argued, however, that democracy
could serve as a means of determining a breakdown of "all the old conventional rules of society" (de Tocqueville 197). "But our true knowledge of democracy is limited, in
some sense, by our lack of perspective. Most of us live in a democracy like fish who live only in water and are therefore blinded to many of its qualities.
Often, it takes the outsider to reveal important qualities lived but not noticed. Democracy is not revealed so much in the textbooks as it is in daily living. It took
a foreigner to reveal as much to the world--and to Americans" (Hoffman 616). The development of de Tocquevilles perspectives, then, provided a means of contextualizing the concept of
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