托克维尔论法国大革命

Tocqueville's Viewpoints on the Great Revolution of France

在《旧制度与大革命》这部关于法国大革命的专著中,托克维尔对法国大革命进行了独到的论述。他的论述包括:将旧制度推翻的法国大革命在另一方面又是旧制度的继承人;就地点而言,革命发生于封建压迫不太重的地方(即法国);就革命的时机来说,法国大革命爆发于所谓的繁荣时期;法国大革命为何如此剧烈?原因在于启蒙思想家的作用、政治革命与宗教革命同时进行的后果、旧制度对人民进行了革命的教育、与大革命的目的有关、法兰西民族性格的影响等等。

In his book The old Regime and the French Revolution, Tocqueville makes original comments on the great revolution of France as follows： The great revolution of France overthrows but on the other hand carries forward the old system. Such a great revolution occurs in a place without feudal oppression in times of prosperity for the reasons of enlightenment ideology, political and religious revolution, the great influence of old system on countrymen, the purpose of the great revolution as well as the character of the French nation.