(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial, 2013) González de Requena, Juan Antonio
Our Tyrannies. Tocqueville on Democratic Despotism”. Although thelexicon of tyranny” and despotism” is subject to historical changes in meaning,we still keep on using those terms to refer to some types of illegitimate, unjust orindecent political regimes. So does Tocqueville, when he describes the new waysof despotism emerging from modern democratic revolution. In this article, weexplore the uses of tyranny” and despotism” in Tocqueville’s thought, and wealso try to discover the concrete models or social prototypes which could inspireTocqueville’s prognosis concerning a tutelary democratic despotism.
