Tocqueville: The Ancien Regime and the French Revolution - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Alexis de Tocqueville, Jon ElsterSeries:Cambridge Texts in the History of Political ThoughtTheme:Aspects (Academic)/Historical, Cultural Region/FrenchPublish date:6/27/2011Pages:320
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9780521889803ISBN-10:0521889804UPC:9780521889803Book Category:History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Europe, Comparative Politics, History & TheoryBook Topic:FranceSize:8.60 x 5.70 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.477Product ID:SC6C20YT4C
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.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9780521889803ISBN-10:0521889804UPC:9780521889803Book Category:History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Europe, Comparative Politics, History & TheoryBook Topic:FranceSize:8.60 x 5.70 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.477Product ID:SC6C20YT4C
Elster, Jon: - Jon Elster has taught at the Universite de Paris VIII, the University of Oslo, the University of Chicago, Columbia University and the College de France. He is the author of twenty-three books translated into seventeen languages, including Ulysses and the Sirens (1979), Sour Grapes (1983), Making Sense of Marx (1985), Alchemies of the Mind (1999), Explaining Social Behavior (2007), Le desinteressement (2009), Alexis de Tocqueville: The First Social Scientist (Cambridge, 2009) and L'Irrationalite (2010). Professor Elster is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Norwegian Academy of Science and Academia Europaea, and Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy.
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