Tocqueville: The Ancien Régime and the French Revolution /
Tocqueville: The Ancien Régime and the French Revolution /
Tocqueville: The Ancien Régime & the French Revolution
edited by Jon Elster ; translated by Arthur Goldhammer.
- 1 online resource (320 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought .
- Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought. .
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
This 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' 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.
9780511977114 (ebook)
DC138 / .T6313 2011
944.04
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
This 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' 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.
9780511977114 (ebook)
DC138 / .T6313 2011
944.04