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Episode 93: Aaron Herold - The Democratic Soul

The Political Theory Review

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Is Spinoza's Contribution to Liberalism a Good Idea?

Tokeville is the best thinker to analyze modern democracy simply on its own terms. He doesn't start from state of nature or any other kind of scientific abstraction. Tokvil also speaks to our dissatisfaction, but in a different way. I think they share a common approach that they just m tokeville sayst he at the end of his introduction that in writing the book, he sought to um to see, not differently, but further than the parties.

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