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Alexis de Tocqueville: Prophet of Democracy in the Age of Revolution

Door Hugh Brogan

Categorie
Filosofie
Boeknummer
#269737
Titel
Alexis de Tocqueville: Prophet of Democracy in the Age of Revolution
Auteur
Brogan, Hugh
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Profile Books
Jaar van uitgave
2006
ISBN10
1861975090
ISBN13
9781861975096
Taal
Engels
Samenvatting
It is now 200 years since the birth of Alexis de Tocqueville, French aristocrat, liberal politician and writer of genius whose great works, Democracy in America and the Ancien Regime, are ever more influential and discussed. As the son of a noble family which was nearly wiped out in the Revolution and as an ambitious politician during the July Monarchy and the Second Republic, he had a front seat at the revolutionary drama of his time. His writings are hugely valuable for the study of French, British and American society during his life (he visited the US in 1831 to gather material). It is Brogan's long held ambition to write this biography. No one has yet attempted a biography of de Tocqueville in the English tradition and for that reason he is not fully present to the public imagination ... (Lees verder)rather than an intellectual monument. This superb work will put that right.
Pagina's
724
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 20,00

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