Constant, Tocqueville, and Acton on the Enlightenment, Liberalism, and Religion
About this episode
The episode discusses the response of Constant, Tocqueville, and Acton to the challenges faced by liberalism due to the growing power of the centralized state in the early nineteenth century.
The growing power of the centralized state loomed as the central problem for liberalism in the early nineteenth century, and the works of these three writers are a response to it. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/constant-tocqueville-and-acton-enlightenment-liberalism-and-religion
Topics covered
- centralized state
- liberalism
- nineteenth century
- political philosophy
- religion
Keywords
- Constant
- Tocqueville
- Acton
- liberalism
- centralized state
- nineteenth century
- political philosophy
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Enlightenment, Liberalism, Religion
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