Theology & Philosophy

Mill and Tocqueville on Liberty and Religion in a Democratic Age

ABSTRACT

This conference focused on the differences in thought between Mill and Tocqueville, with particular attention given to the importance of religion to a free society, as explored in their writings.

READING LIST

Conference Readings

Tocqueville-Gobineau Correspondence, 1843. (Unpublished translation by Ralph Hancock).

de Tocqueville, Alexis . Democracy in America, Volume I. New York: Vintage Books (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.), 1945, 1954, 1961.

de Tocqueville, Alexis. Democracy in America, Volume II. New York: Vintage Books (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.), 1945, 1954, 1961.

Mill, J.S.. The Collected Works of J.S. Mill, vol. 22. Toronto: University Press, 1963.

Mill, John Stuart, “de Tocqueville on Democracy in America I (1835)” In The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XVIII - Essays on Politics and Society Part I, edited by John M. Robson, 47-91. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1977.

Mill, John Stuart, “de Tocqueville on Democracy in America II, (1840)” In The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XVIII - Essays on Politics and Society Part I, edited by John M. Robson, 153-204. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1977.

Mill, John Stuart. Mill: The Spirit of the Age, on Liberty, the Subjection of Women. Edited by Alan Ryan. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1997.

Mill, John Stuart. The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill. Volume X - Essays on Ethics, Religion, and Society. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2006.

Mill, John Stuart. On Liberty [4th edition]. London: Longman, Roberts, & Green Co., 1869.