{"id":969,"date":"2025-06-06T18:56:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T18:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tocquevillefoundation.org\/?page_id=969"},"modified":"2025-07-24T13:40:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T13:40:24","slug":"the-tocqueville-prize","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tocquevillefoundation.org\/en\/the-tocqueville-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tocqueville Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"969\" class=\"elementor elementor-969\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee72b88 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ee72b88\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acd2e8b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"acd2e8b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcb5837 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fcb5837\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Tocqueville Prize <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47fb422 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-laptop__width-inherit elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"47fb422\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">An International Award for political literature\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6ecbe1 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b6ecbe1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Tocqueville Prize<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>is awarded every two years to a person whose work is part of the intellectual legacy of Alexis de Tocqueville. It was created in 1979 by Alain Peyrefitte, a member of the Acad\u00e9mie Fran\u00e7aise, former Minister Pierre Godefroy, Deputy of La Manche, and Count and Countess Guy d\u2019H\u00e9rouville.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new edition of the prize will be co-organized by the\u00a0<strong>Institut de France<\/strong>\u00a0and the Tocqueville Foundation in\u00a0<strong>2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9031d4c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9031d4c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8379d54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8379d54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"616\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/tocquevillefoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-Tocqueville-Prize-International-Award-for-political-literature.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-972\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tocquevillefoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-Tocqueville-Prize-International-Award-for-political-literature.jpg 616w, https:\/\/tocquevillefoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-Tocqueville-Prize-International-Award-for-political-literature-300x259.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d85911c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d85911c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e0e6af elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1e0e6af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">INFO<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a787c2c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-laptop__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a787c2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Latest Recipients<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eff264a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"eff264a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab871fc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ab871fc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8340298 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8340298\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee14806 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ee14806\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Henry Kissinger<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bd4a40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4bd4a40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">American Diplomat<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-197d3fd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"197d3fd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-493a7f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"493a7f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Henry Kissinger, born Heinz Alfred Kissinger on May 27, 1923, in F\u00fcrth, Germany, is an American diplomat, political scientist, and geopolitical consultant. Born in Germany to a Jewish family, he emigrated to the United States in 1938 to escape Nazi persecution and became a naturalized citizen in 1943.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3924d69 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3924d69\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b2acc9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1b2acc9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28f69c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"28f69c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Philippe Raynaud<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-710bff5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"710bff5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">French Political Scientist<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-025e281 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"025e281\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a7f3f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9a7f3f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Philippe Raynaud, born December 6, 1952, is a French political scientist and professor of political philosophy. Author of about thirty books and numerous articles, he is considered one of the leading French specialists on liberalism<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd3fc99 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cd3fc99\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3bbe2c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c3bbe2c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-321f0d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"321f0d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Zbigniew Brzezi\u0144ski<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-453d209 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"453d209\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">American Political Scientist<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca9f94e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ca9f94e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d75e6b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d75e6b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Zbigniew Brzezi\u0144ski, born March 28, 1928, in Warsaw and died May 26, 2017, in Falls Church, was an American political scientist of Polish origin. He served as National Security Advisor to U.S. President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tocqueville Prize An International Award for political literature The Tocqueville Prize\u00a0is awarded every two years to a person whose work is part of the intellectual legacy of Alexis de Tocqueville. 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