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This 15 page report examines and compares de Tocqueville and Marcuse, and the important aspects of these men’s works is the clear-sightedness that was presented and have profoundly influenced modern political thought. French diplomat, author, and philosopher, Alexis de Tocqueville proposed a synthesis of political vision and experience as applied by the American founding fathers.
German philosopher Herbert Marcuse's critique of capitalism and his advocacy of
emancipation and revolution made him a cultural icon in the radical 1960s. Cultural theorists argue that Marcuse was a key figure who shaped thought on the political and intellectual left. Bibliography lists 3 secondary sources.
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ostensibly "civilized" world defines itself. Of course, those making such determinations are also those most likely to be criticized for the "personal" nature of their observations, as well as
the fact that such observations are obviously colored by the prejudices and attitudes of their times. While such criticisms are relevant in a discussion comparing de Tocqueville and Marcuse,
the far more important aspect of these mens works is the clear-sightedness that was presented and has influenced political thought for, in the case of de Tocqueville, 150 years.
Marcuse, of course, died only twenty years ago, thus his observations are still "fermenting" in the cask of history. The student studying the two philosophers should not only examine
the areas in which the two presented uniquely individual viewpoints but also the areas in which their theories fundamentally converge. French diplomat, author,
and philosopher, Alexis de Tocqueville proposed a synthesis of political vision and experience as applied by the American founding fathers. The kind of social system de Tocqueville scrutinized when he
first traveled in the 19th century United States ultimately evolved as the standard of modern democratic thought. Tocqueville encapsulated a fundamental truth: Democracy may be less painful than tyranny, but
in certain ways it is a lot more difficult. Equality, he saw, was the key to the democratic enterprise. To de Tocqueville, the ideal of equality was more complex and
subtle. Not only was equality the basis of Americas democracy, it was also its most problematic element: "Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in
slavery than unequal in freedom." Democracy, Tocqueville observed, insists on the individual citizens discovery that self-interest is served by the voluntary connection to a group. German philosopher Herbert Marcuses critique
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