Книга: Harvey C. Mansfield «Tocqueville»

Tocqueville

Серия: "A Very Short Introduction"

No one has ever described American democracy with more accurate insight or more profoundly than Alexis de Tocqueville. After meeting with Americans on extensive travels in the United States, and intense study of documents and authorities, he authored the landmark Democracy in America, publishing its two volumes in 1835 and 1840. Ever since, this book has been the best source for every serious attempt to understand America and democracy itself. Yet Tocqueville himself remains a mystery behind the elegance of his style. Now one of our leading authorities on Tocqueville explains him in this splendid new entry in Oxford's acclaimed Very Short Introductions series. Harvey Mansfield addresses his subject as a thinker, clearly and incisively exploring Tocqueville's writings-not only his masterpiece, but also his secret Recollections, intended for posterity alone, and his unfinished work on his native France, The Old Regime and the Revolution. Tocqueville was a liberal, Mansfield writes, but not of the usual sort. The many elements of his life found expression in his thought: his aristocratic ancestry, his ventures in politics, his voyages abroad, his hopes and fears for America, and his disappointment with France. All his writings show a passion for political liberty and insistence on human greatness. Perhaps most important, he saw liberty not in theories, but in the practice of self-government in America. Ever an opponent of abstraction, he offered an analysis that forces us to consider what we actually do in our politics-suggesting that theory itself may be an enemy of freedom. And that, Mansfield writes, makes him a vitally important thinker for today. Translator of an authoritative edition of Democracy in America, Harvey Mansfield here offers the fruit of decades of research and reflection in a clear, insightful, and marvelously compact introduction.

Издательство: "Oxford University Press" (2010)

ISBN: 978-0-19-517539-4

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TocquevilleNo one has ever described American democracy with more accurate insight or more profoundly than Alexis de Tocqueville. After meeting with Americans on extensive travels in the United States, and… — OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, A Very Short Introduction Подробнее...2010671бумажная книга

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  • TOCQUEVILLE (A. de) — Dans une Europe livrée depuis quarante ans aux orages politiques soulevés par la Révolution française, Tocqueville apparaît comme la conscience du milieu du siècle. Avec une lucidité qui, aujourd’hui encore, nous étonne, il fait le point pour… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Tocqueville — ist der Name: folgender Person: von Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859), französischer Publizist und Politiker mehrerer Gemeinden in Frankreich: Tocqueville (Eure), Gemeinde im Département Eure Tocqueville (Manche), Gemeinde im Département Manche… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Tocqueville —   [tɔk vil], Charles Alexis Henri Clérel de [kle rɛl ], französischer Staatsdenker und Politiker, * Verneuil sur Seine (Département Yvelines) 29. 7. 1805, ✝ Cannes 16. 4. 1859; aus alter normannischen Adelsfamilie. Tocqueville wurde 1827 Richter… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Tocqueville — Désigne celui qui est originaire de Tocqueville, nom de cinq communes normandes. Sens du toponyme : le domaine de Toki, nom de personne norois (formé à partir de Thôr, divinité scandinave) …   Noms de famille

  • Tocqueville — (spr. Tokwil), Charles Alexis Henri Maurice Cérel de T., durch seine Mutter ein Urenkel von Malesherbes, geb. 29. Juli 1805 zu Verneuil im Departement Seine Oise, studirte die Rechte, widmete sich Anfangs der Magistratur, wurde 1826… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Tocqueville — (spr. tockwil ), Charles Alexis Henri Maurice Clérel de, franz. Publizist, geb. 29. Juli 1805 in Verneuil (Seine et Oise), gest. 16. April 1859 in Cannes, ward 1826 Richter und 1831 nach den Vereinigten Staaten von Nordamerika gesandt, um das… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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