Tocqueville, Democracy in America: Tyranny of the Majority

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Week 5 notes including lectures and slides - DA Introduction, Summary - The Pilgrims - Locke & Tocqueville: compare and contrast - Equality: democracy or despotism? - Two political dangers of the “passion for equality”: - Individualist trades political freedom for stability - Democracy or “Caesarism”? - Townships - Freedom vs. Equality - Tyranny of the Majority - Compare and contrast - Aristocracy vs. Democracy: the eternal opposition - Modes of violence: Despotism & Democracy - Moral tyranny of the majority - Sovereign & Courtier