On Tocqueville
Democracy and America
Published on 12. September 2014
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-0-87140-704-7 (ISBN)
Description
In On Tocqueville, Alan Ryan brilliantly illuminates the observations of the French philosopher who first journeyed to the United States in 1831 and went on to catalogue the unique features of the American social contract. Tocqueville's prescient analyses of American life remain as relevant today as when they were first written. On Tocqueville features a chronology, biography and excerpts from Tocqueville's major works.
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"Ryan's excellent introduction makes Tocqueville's observations and anxieties vitally relevant for 21st-century readers."More details
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
WW Norton & Co
Dimensions
Height: 193 mm
Width: 124 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
307 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87140-704-7 (9780871407047)
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Alan Ryan, after decades at Princeton University, was warden of New College, University of Oxford, where he was a professor of political theory. He is the author of John Dewey and the High Tide of American Liberalism and Bertrand Russell: A Political Life, among other works.