Guillermo Pérez
University of Texas, at Austin
Abstract
The current political and social crisis in Chile is a contemporary example that demonstrates the validity of Tocqueville’s work, as several of his ideas help explore the causes, consequences, and possible solutions to the difficult moments that the country has experienced since 2019. Although the avenues of such analysis are many, in this essay, I focus mainly on three areas of Tocqueville’s thought that can be useful for understanding the Chilean situation: the welfare paradox, the refoundational spirit of revolutions, and associativity as a remedy to the tensions of democracy.
Keywords
Tocqueville – Chile – Constitutional Process – Social Crisis – Democracy
DOI: 10.13131/unipi/kg28-4b65
