The Ancien Régime and the Revolution
Alexis De Tocqueville
ISBN: | 9780141441641 |
Publisher: | Penguin Classics |
Published: | 29 July, 2008 |
Format: | Paperback |
Language: | English |
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The Ancien Régime and the Revolution
Alexis De Tocqueville
With this book, Alexis de Tocqueville envisioned a multi-volume philosophic study of the origins of modern France that would examine the implications of French history on the nature and development of democratic society. Tocqueville worried that although the revolutionary legacy was still alive and well, liberty was no longer its primary objective. He believed, indeed, that it had been a casualty of...
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