Tocqueville Between Two Worlds: The Making of a Political and Theoretical Life

by Sheldon S. Wolin

Book Overview

Alexis de Tocqueville may be the most influential political thinker in American history. He also led an unusually active and ambitious career in French politics. In this magisterial book, one of America's most important contemporary theorists draws on decades of research and thought to present the first work that fully connects Tocqueville's political and theoretical lives. In doing so, Sheldon Wolin presents sweeping new interpretations of Tocqueville's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691074364
• ISBN13: 9780691074368
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 664 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.0" x 9.3"