Alexis de Tocqueville [Hardcover]

Alexis de Tocqueville was the author of two masterpieces,Democracry in AmericaandThe Old Regime and the Revolution. In this volume, Alan S. Kahan, one of the world's leading authorities on Tocqueville's work, presents an accessible and rigorous account of the French author's ideas set in the context of his life and times. It sets out the essential tensions and ambiguities in Tocqueville's thought and analyzes the idea that made him such a compelling and insightful thinker.

Part IChapter 1 BiographyPart IIChapter 2 The Essential TocquevilleChapter 3 Democracy and Freedom in AmericaChapter 4 Democracy and Freedom in FranceChapter 5 Democracy and Freedom ElsewhereChapter 6 Democracy, Freedom, and PovertyChapter 7 Tocqueville, the Neo-Liberal Part IIIChapter 8 Tocqueville and his ReadersPart IVChapter 9 Tocqueville TodayPart VWorks CitedAnnotated BibliographyIndex

Dr Kahan is the author ofAristocratic Liberalism(Oxford, 1992) and Liberalism in Nineteenth Century Europe (Palgrave, 2003). He was also co-editor ofThe Tocqueville Reader(Wiley, 2002).