DESPOTISM IN MODERN DEMOCRACY

This paper aims to understand the term despotism democratic defined by Alexis de Tocqueville, as well as it is a key term for understanding the "tocquevillian" thought, it is an important political category to better apprehend the political experience of our time. It is believed that the semantics of democratic despotism can be apprehended in a singular perspective based on the philosopher's analysis of the doctrine of interest, considering that this new "kind" of despotism is the result of the absence of articulation between private interest and social well-being.