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Tocqueville: The Ancien Regime and the French Revolution

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Tocqueville: The Ancien Regime and the French Revolution
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Jon Elster
Translated by Arthur Goldhammer
SeriesCambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:320
Dimensions(mm): Height 218,Width 145
ISBN/Barcode 9780521718912
ClassificationsDewey:944.04
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
General
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 20 June 2011
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This translation of an undisputed classic aims to be both accurate and readable. Tocqueville's subtlety of style and profundity of thought offer a challenge to readers as well as to translators. As both a Tocqueville scholar and an award-winning translator, Arthur Goldhammer is uniquely qualified for the task. In his Introduction, Jon Elster draws on his recent work to lay out the structure of Tocqueville' argument. Readers will appreciate The Ancien Regime and the French Revolution for its sense of irony as well as tragedy, for its deep insights into political psychology and for its impassioned defense of liberty.

Author Biography

Jon Elster has taught at the Universite de Paris VIII, the University of Oslo, the University of Chicago, Columbia University and the College de France. He is the author of twenty-three books translated into seventeen languages, including Ulysses and the Sirens (1979), Sour Grapes (1983), Making Sense of Marx (1985), Alchemies of the Mind (1999), Explaining Social Behavior (2007), Le desinteressement (2009), Alexis de Tocqueville: The First Social Scientist (Cambridge, 2009) and L'Irrationalite (2010). Professor Elster is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Norwegian Academy of Science and Academia Europaea, and Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy. Arthur Goldhammer has translated more than 100 works from French, including Tocqueville's Democracy in America. He is a three-time recipient of the French-American Foundation translation prize. France made him a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and the Academie Francaise awarded him its Medaille de Vermeil.