Tocqueville: The Ancien Régime and the French Revolution
Arthur Goldhammer translator Jon Elster editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Published:20th Jun '11
Should be back in stock very soon
This paperback is available in another edition too:
- Hardback£75.00(9780521889803)
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.
ISBN: 9780521718912
Dimensions: 218mm x 145mm x 30mm
Weight: 390g
320 pages