Tocqueville [electronic resource] : the Ancien Régime and the French Revolution / translated by Arthur Goldhammer ; edited with an introduction by Jon Elster.

Tocqueville [electronic resource] : the Ancien Régime and the French Revolution / translated by Arthur Goldhammer ; edited with an introduction by Jon Elster.

Ancien régime et la Révolution. English

De Tocqueville

9781139079341 (electronic bk.)
9780521718912 (pbk.)
9780521889803

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

English

1 online resource (xxxii, 280 pages).

DC138 .T6313 2011eb

944.04

"This new translation of an undisputed classic aims to be both accurate and readable. Tocqueville's subtlety of style and profundity of thought offer a challenge to readers as well as to translators. As both a Tocqueville scholar and an award-winning translator, Arthur Goldhammer is uniquely qualified for the task. In his Introduction, Jon Elster draws on his recent work to lay out the structure of Tocqueville's argument. Readers will appreciate The Ancien Régime and the French Revolution for its sense of irony as well as tragedy, for its deep insights into political psychology, and for its impassioned defense of liberty"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Cambridge texts in the history of political thought.

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