Tocqueville: The Ancien Regime and the French Revolution: The Ancien Régime and the French Revolution (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)

Cambridge University Press, 8/25/2011
EAN 9780521718912, ISBN10: 0521718910

Paperback, 320 pages, 21.6 x 13.8 x 1.9 cm
Language: English
Originally published in French

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.

Introduction Jon Elster
Foreword
Book I
Book II
Book III.