Tocqueville [electronic resource] : the Ancien Régime and the French Revolution / translated by Arthur Goldhammer ; edited with an introduction by Jon Elster.
2011
DC138 .T6313 2011eb
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Title
Tocqueville [electronic resource] : the Ancien Régime and the French Revolution / translated by Arthur Goldhammer ; edited with an introduction by Jon Elster.
Uniform Title
Ancien régime et la Révolution. English
Cover Title
De Tocqueville
ISBN
9781139079341 (electronic bk.)
9780521718912 (pbk.)
9780521889803
9780521718912 (pbk.)
9780521889803
Publication Details
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxxii, 280 p.)
Call Number
DC138 .T6313 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
944.04
Summary
"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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Elster, Jon, 1940-
Goldhammer, Arthur.
Goldhammer, Arthur.
Series
Cambridge texts in the history of political thought
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Tocqueville.
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