Tocqueville: The Ancien R馮ime and the French Revolution (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521718912)

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 R馮ime 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.

Author: Jon Elster
ISBN-10: 0521718910
ISBN-13: 9780521718912
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/20/2011
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.70w x 1.20d