Offers an account of Alexis de Tocqueville's thought and life. Lawler attempts to make clear the understanding of the human condition that is at the foundation of Tocqueville's mixed view of human liberty, and provide an understanding of liberty that does justice to human existence.
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Lawler paints a picture that is significantly more interesting, complete, and accurate than that presented by the bulk of the Tocqueville literature. * The Intercollegiate Review * A learned and sympathetic profile of Tocqueville and his thought . . . * First Things * A wonderful book. It will be impossible for serious Tocqueville scholars to ignore it. It is simply the only book I know of that offers a coherent interpretation of Tocqueville's writings and, indeed, of his life as a whole. -- Delba Winthrop, Harvard University . . . highly original and extremely thoughtful . . . everyone interested in liberty can learn from it. -- Glenn Tinder, University of Massachusetts . . . opens up new avenues in the study of Tocqueville. -- Roger Boesche Lawler's book synthesizes Tocqueville's thought into a convenient, thoughtful, critical analysis of an influential postmodern writer. * CHOICE *
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Maße
Höhe: 226 mm
Breite: 150 mm
Dicke: 15 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-8476-7824-2 (9780847678242)
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Peter Augustine Lawler, professor of political science at Berry College, is coeditor, with Joseph Alulis, of Tocqueville's Defense of Human Liberty (1992) and coeditor, with Robert Schaefer, of American Political Rhetoric, 2nd ed. (Rowman & Littlefield, 1990).
