| Tocqueville: The Ancien Regime and the French Revolution Contributor(s): de Tocqueville, Alexis (Author), Tocqueville, Alexis De (Author), Elster, Jon (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521889804 ISBN-13: 9780521889803 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $107.35 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - France - Political Science | Comparative Politics - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
| Dewey: 944.04 |
| LCCN: 2010046536 |
| Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.7" W x 8.6" (1.05 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 gime 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): 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. |