Description
In On Tocqueville, Alan Ryan brilliantly illuminates the observations of the French philosopher who first journeyed to the United States in 1831 and went on to catalogue the unique features of the American social contract. Tocqueville's prescient analyses of American life remain as relevant today as when they were first written.
About the Author
Alan Ryan, after decades at Princeton University, was warden of New College, University of Oxford, where he was a professor of political theory. He is the author of John Dewey and the High Tide of American Liberalism and Bertrand Russell: A Political Life, among other works.
Reviews
"Ryan's excellent introduction makes Tocqueville's observations and anxieties vitally relevant for 21st-century readers."
Book Information
ISBN 9780871407047
Author Alan Ryan
Format Hardback
Page Count 272
Imprint Liveright Publishing Corporation
Publisher WW Norton & Co
Weight(grams) 307g
Dimensions(mm) 193mm * 124mm * 23mm
On Tocqueville features a chronology, biography and excerpts from Tocqueville's major works.
About the Author
Alan Ryan, after decades at Princeton University, was warden of New College, University of Oxford, where he was a professor of political theory. He is the author of John Dewey and the High Tide of American Liberalism and Bertrand Russell: A Political Life, among other works.
Reviews
"Ryan's excellent introduction makes Tocqueville's observations and anxieties vitally relevant for 21st-century readers."
Book Information
ISBN 9780871407047
Author Alan Ryan
Format Hardback
Page Count 272
Imprint Liveright Publishing Corporation
Publisher WW Norton & Co
Weight(grams) 307g
Dimensions(mm) 193mm * 124mm * 23mm
