The Making of Tocqueville's 'Democracy in America', 2nd Edition
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The Making of Tocqueville's 'Democracy in America', 2nd Edition by James Schleifer
It is impossible to fully understand the American experience apart from Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America. Moreover, it is impossible fully to appreciate Tocqueville by assuming that he brought to his visitation to America, or to the writing of his great work, a fixed philosophical doctrine. James T. Schleifer documents where, when, and under what influences Tocqueville wrote different sections of his work. In doing so, Schleifer discloses the mental processes through which Tocqueville passed in reflecting on his experiences in America and transforming these reflections into the most original and revealing book ever written about Americans. For the first time the evolution of a number of Tocqueville's central themes - democracy, individualism, centralisation, despotism - emerges into clear relief. As Russell B. Nye has observed, "Schleifer's study is a model of intellectual history, an account of the intertwining of a man, a set of ideas, and the final product, a book." The Liberty Fund second edition includes a new preface by the author and an epilogue, "The Problem of the Two Democracies".
Schleifer, James T.: -
James T. Schleifer is emeritus dean of the library and professor of history at the College of New Rochelle and has been a visiting lecturer at Yale University and the University of Paris. He is the author of the award-winning book The Making of Tocqueville's Democracy in America; coeditor of De la Dü¾Ž–”¼mocratie en Amü¾Ž–”¼rique, a critical edition in the Plü¾Ž–”¼iade series; and translator of the four-volume historical-critical edition of De la Dü¾Ž–”¼mocratie en Amü¾Ž–”¼rique edited by Eduardo Nolla.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780865972056 |
| ISBN 10 | 0865972052 |
| Title | The Making of Tocqueville's 'Democracy in America', 2nd Edition |
| Author | James Schleifer |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Liberty Fund Inc |
| Year published | 2000-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 437 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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