Alexis de Tocqueville i mapa emocji demokratycznych
Alexis de Tocqueville and a map of democratic emotions

Author(s): Karolina Wigura
Subject(s): 16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Tocquevill; emotion; passions; feelings; democracy; catalogue of emotions; mythologization of democratic politics
Summary/Abstract: Th e article is devoted to the topic rarely discussed regarding the political refl ection ofAlexis de Tocqueville: emotions. Th e most important three arguments of the text arethe following. 1) Tocqueville not only describes American democracy as a new politicalsystem, but also attributes a new catalogue of emotions to it; 2) Emotions play animportant role in Tocqueville’s mythologization of democratic politics; 3) AlthoughTocqueville is infl uenced by Rousseau and Montesquieu when it comes to understandingemotions, his refl ection on the habits of the heart can be interpreted as a gradual openingtowards the cognitive, rational image of emotions that dominated thinking aboutemotions aft er Tocqueville.

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