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Tocqueville and the Political Theory of the 20th Century-An Intellectual History on the Formation of Liberal Democracy

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18530102
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Politics
Research InstitutionWaseda University

Principal Investigator

MATSUMOTO Reiji  Waseda University, Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Professor (30013022)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) YOSHINO Takashi  Waseda University, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Professor (00158487)
KAWAGISHI Norikazu  Waseda University, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Professor (10224742)
YAZAWA Masashi  Waseda University, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Associate Professor (20267454)
FURUYA Jun  University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Professor (90091488)
MIURA Nobutaka  Chuo University, 文学部, 教授 (10135238)
川出 良枝  東京大学, 法学政治学研究科, 教授 (10265481)
Project Period (FY) 2006 – 2007
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2007)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥1,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000)
KeywordsDemocracy / Tocqueville / America / Globalization / Liberalism / Military-Industrial Complex / Japan / War / 全体主義 / 自由民主主義 / 共和主義
Research Abstract

The aim of this research is to reconsider in the historical context of the globalization of new capitalism Tocqueville's contribution and relevance to the political theory of the 20th century, in particular that of liberal democracy. The globalization of the economy has brought about new kind of poverty and disparity all over the world and the hegemony of the American empire has raised skepticism about American democracy. On the other hand, political democratization is inevitably going on in many non-Western countries. Against this changing background of the contemporary world, Tocqueville's theory of democracy requires new reading and has in fact been reinterpreted in various ways. In the process of this two year research, the following three points have been identified as remarkable in this new approach to Tocqueville's political theory.
(1) The end of the Cold War and the collapse of Soviet regime did make clear the victory of liberal democracy over socialism but the subsequent globalization of the economy under the hegemony of the United States has not prevailed the American model of democracy in the world, rather provoking resistance to it everywhere. Recent noteworthy phenomena in America, the growing political influence of religious fundamentalism, the increase of economic inequality and disparity, the poverty of social capital, and the decline of public spirit require the reconsideration of Tocqueville's view of America.
(2) Tocqueville's warning against the danger of military-bureaucratic despotism in post-Napoleonic France, which he declares has nothing to do with America at his time, is highly suggestive for thinking about the military-industrial complex of the United States today.
(3) The Tocquevillian analysis of the historical process of the modernization and democratization of Japan would be useful for considering the task of democratization in non-Western countries in the contemporary world

Report

(3 results)
  • 2007 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2006 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (24 results)

All 2009 2008 2007 2006 Other

All Journal Article (19 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 4 results) Presentation (1 results) Book (4 results)

  • [Journal Article] Tocqueville and Japan2009

    • Author(s)
      Reiji Matsumoto
    • Journal Title

      Conversations with Tocqueville:The Global Democratic Revolution in the 21st Century, ed.by Aurelian Craiutu & Sheldon Gellar (Lexington Books, Lowman & Littlefield) (掲載確定)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Tocqueville and Japan2009

    • Author(s)
      Reiji Matsumoto
    • Journal Title

      Aurelian Craiutu & Sheldon Gellar (ed.) Conversations with Tocqueville (Lexington)

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 政治思想における古典の力〜トクヴィル『アメリカのデモクラシー』を題材に2008

    • Author(s)
      松本 礼二
    • Journal Title

      思想 1009

      Pages: 122-148

    • NAID

      40015976418

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report 2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Is Democracy Peaceful?-Tocqueville and Constant on War and the Army2007

    • Author(s)
      Reiji Matsumoto
    • Journal Title

      The Tocqueville Review / La Revue Tocqueville 28-i

      Pages: 153-165

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Is Democracy peaceful?…Tocqueville and Constant on War and the Army2007

    • Author(s)
      Matsumoto, Reiji
    • Journal Title

      The Tocqueville Reviewl La Revue Tocqueville 28-I

      Pages: 153-165

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Is Democracy peaceful? Tocqueville and Constant on War and the Army2007

    • Author(s)
      Matsumoto, Reiji
    • Journal Title

      La Revue Tocqueville/The Tocqueville Review 28-1

      Pages: 153-165

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 悪をめぐる政治理論的考察の可能性2007

    • Author(s)
      谷澤 正嗣
    • Journal Title

      太田義器・谷澤正嗣編著『悪と正義の政治理論』(ナカニシヤ出版)

      Pages: 3-29

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 共和主義と憲法2007

    • Author(s)
      川出 良枝
    • Journal Title

      杉田 敦(編)『岩波講座 憲法3』(岩波書店)

      Pages: 85-110

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 欧州憲法ノンで揺れるフランス一代表制民主主義の危機2007

    • Author(s)
      三浦 信孝
    • Journal Title

      日仏文化 73号

      Pages: 122-140

    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] アメリカ政治学における女性議員の研究 : 女性議員数の増加とその効果を中心に2006

    • Author(s)
      吉野 孝
    • Journal Title

      早稲田政治経済学雑誌 第365号

    • NAID

      120002228402

    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 表現の自由とその制約-憲法学の立場から2006

    • Author(s)
      川岸 令和
    • Journal Title

      国際人権 17号

      Pages: 28-33

    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 自由なメディアとしての新聞の機能-求められる機能を果たす覚悟はあるか2006

    • Author(s)
      川岸 令和
    • Journal Title

      新聞研究 658号

      Pages: 18-21

    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 価値の多元性と規範の正当化 伊藤恭彦『多元的世界の政治哲学-ジョン・ロールズと政治哲学の現代的復権』書評2006

    • Author(s)
      谷澤 正嗣
    • Journal Title

      政治思想研究 第6号

      Pages: 414-415

    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 第1部概説2006

    • Author(s)
      古矢 旬
    • Journal Title

      『原点アメリカ史<8>衰退論の登場』アメリカ学会(編)(岩波書店)

      Pages: 3-65

    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 概説2006

    • Author(s)
      古矢 旬
    • Journal Title

      『史料で読むアメリカ文化史<5>アメリカ的価値観の変容』古矢旬(編)(東大出版会)

      Pages: 1-44

    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 都市社会分断の危機--1960年代の人種暴動2006

    • Author(s)
      古矢 旬
    • Journal Title

      『史料で読むアメリカ文化史<5>アメリカ的価値観の変容』古矢旬(編)(東京大学出版会)

      Pages: 236-254

    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 「記憶への権利」か「記憶の圧制」か-フランス版歴史家論争2006

    • Author(s)
      三浦 信孝
    • Journal Title

      UP 406号

      Pages: 37-43

    • NAID

      40007346046

    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] The Power of Classics in Political Thought ; The Case of Tocqueville's Democracy in America

    • Author(s)
      Matsumoto, Reiji
    • Journal Title

      Shisoh 1009

      Pages: 122-148

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Tocqueville and Japan

    • Author(s)
      Matsumoto, Reiji
    • Journal Title

      Aurelian Craiutu & Sheldon Gellar ed., Conversation with Tocqueville : The Global Democratic Revolution in the 21st Century(To be published in 2009, Lexington Books, Lowman & Littlefield)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Presentation] 古典の力〜『アメリカのデモクラシー』を題材に2007

    • Author(s)
      松本 礼二
    • Organizer
      日本政治学会
    • Place of Presentation
      明治学院大学
    • Year and Date
      2007-10-06
    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 『アメリカのデモクラシー』第二巻、上、下2008

    • Author(s)
      トクヴィル著(松本 礼二訳・解説)
    • Publisher
      岩波書店
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] Tr. By Reiji Matsumoto, Democracy in America, vo.2-I, ii2008

    • Author(s)
      Alexis de Tocqueville
    • Publisher
      Iwanami-shoten
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] アメリカのデモクラシー第二巻、上、下2008

    • Author(s)
      トクヴィル著(松本 礼二訳・解説)
    • Publisher
      岩波書店
    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 思想としての共和国-日本の民主主義のために2006

    • Author(s)
      R.ドブレ, 樋口陽一, 三浦信孝
    • Total Pages
      288
    • Publisher
      みすず書房
    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2006-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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