托克维尔《论美国的民主》中的民主政治思想解读  

An Interpretation of Tocqueville's Democratic Political Thoughts in “Democracy in the United States”

作　　者：羊许益[1] 许强 

机构地区：[1]保山学院政治学院,云南保山678000 [2]贵州大学公共管理学院,贵州贵阳550025

出　　处：《哈尔滨师范大学社会科学学报》2018年第2期56-59,共4页Journal of Social Science of Harbin Normal University

基　　金：国家社科基金项目"国家自主性理论及其中国适用性"(14FZZ001)

摘　　要：在《论美国的民主》一书中,托克维尔基于"身份平等"这一"基本事实"阐述了民主与平等、民主与自由之间的逻辑关联。在他看来,民主的真正好处在于:民主趋向于维护大多数人的利益,并能形塑公民意识、维护法律权威,同时具有强大的纠错功能。但民主的最大弊端在于对平等的追求可能导致"多数人暴政",预防和避免这一弊端则有赖于"权力制约权力""社会制约权力"等一系列制度设计。In the book"on Americandemocracy",Tocqueville expounds the logical association between democracy and equality,democracy and freedom based on the "basic facts"of "equality of identity". In his view,the real benefit of democracy is that democracy tends to uphold the interests of most people,and can shape civic consciousness,uphold legal authority,and have powerful corrective functions. But the greatest drawback of democracy is that the pursuit of equality can lead to "the tyranny of the majority",preventing and avoiding this disadvantage depends on a series of system design such as "power restricting power"and "society restricting power".

关 键 词：《论美国的民主》 托克维尔 民主政治思想 

分 类 号：D0[政治法律—政治学]