TODAY IN PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY: Formal and Informal Institutions <br /><br />An Addendum on Alexis de Tocqueville: Democracy in America’s treatment of its theme raises interesting questions about role of democracy and religion in American society, and de Tocqueville’s analysis of pre-Revolutionary French society is parallel in some ways in regard to the role of centralization in French government. I employ a distinction between formal and informal institutions, and the relationship between the two, to illuminate the method of de Tocqueville. <br /><br />Quora: <a href="https://philosophyofhistory.quora.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://philosophyofhistory.quora.com/</a> <br />Discord: <a href="https://discord.gg/r3dudQvGxD" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://discord.gg/r3dudQvGxD</a><br />Links: <a href="https://jnnielsen.carrd.co/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://jnnielsen.carrd.co/</a> <br />Newsletter: <a href="http://eepurl.com/dMh0_-/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://eepurl.com/dMh0_-/</a> <br /><br />#philosophy #history #PhilosophyofHistory #AlexisdeTocqueville #America #France #democracy #aristocracy #institutions #formal #informal #foundationalism #PinkyPromise