Format:
Online-Ressource (659 p)
ISBN:
9780691114545
Content:
Alexis de Tocqueville may be the most influential political thinker in American history. He also led an unusually active and ambitious career in French politics. In this magisterial book, one of America's most important contemporary theorists draws on decades of research and thought to present the first work that fully connects Tocqueville's political and theoretical lives. In doing so, Sheldon Wolin presents sweeping new interpretations of Tocqueville's major works and of his place in intellectual history. As he traces the origins and impact of Tocqueville's ideas, Wolin also offers a profou
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CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE: THE ABUNDANCE OF POWER; PART TWO: ENCOUNTERING THE AMAZING; PART THREE: THE THEORETICAL ENCAPSULATION OF AMERICA; PART FOUR: PERSONA AND THE POLITICS OF THEORY; PART FIVE: SECOND JOURNEY TO AMERICA; NOTES; INDEX;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781400824793
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780691114545
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Tocqueville between Two Worlds : The Making of a Political and Theoretical Life
Language:
English
Keywords:
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