Cheryl Welch, DeTocqueville

de Tocqueville

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Founders of Modern Political and Social Thought present critical examinations of the work of major political philosphers and social theorists, assessing both their initial contribution and continuing relevance to politics and society. Each volume provides a clear, accessible, historically-informed account of each thinker's work, focusing on a reassessment of their central ideas and arguments. Founders encourage scholars and students to link their
study of classic texts to current debates in political philosophy and social theory.

Alexis de Tocqueville is one of the most topical and debated figures in contemporary political and social theory. This clear new introduction to de Tocqueville's thought examines in detail his classic works and their major themes. Welch argues thet Tocqueville's major themes tap into deep anxieties about democratic practices and his writings help us to identify the major fault lines in democracy at the turn of the new century. Beginning with a consideration of Tocqueville's distinctiveness
against the historical background and intellectual context of his time, Welch goes on to trace the development of his thought on democracy and revolution, history, slavery, religion, and gender, including chapters dealing with his writings on France and the United States. The final chapter then explores
Tocqueville's historical legacy and his contemporary significance, illuminating the reasons why this displaced nineteenth century aristocrat has become one of the most topical figures in contemporary political and social theory.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• 2000.
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 430g
• ISBN-13: 9780198781318
• ISBN-10: 0198781318
• Artikelnr.: 14923895

Autorenporträt

Cheryl B. Welch is Professor of Political Science in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts. She has previously taught at Columbia, Rutgers, and Harvard universities, and has published numerous articles on French and British political thought, liberalism, and democracy.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Tocqueville in his time
2: The shape of democracy itself
3: The natural destiny of a people
4: The secrets of the heart
5: Tocqueville in our time

Rezensionen

"This introduction should become the second best thing to reading Tocqueville himself" Contemporary Review, April 2001