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Alexis de Tocqueville was the author of two masterpieces, Democracry in America and The 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.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 168 ● ISBN 9781441176998 ● Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing (USA) ● Published 2009 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 5348040 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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