Individual Choice and History: Alexis de Tocqueville as Historian Reappraised - Couverture souple

Mitchell, Harvey

 
9780521024150: Individual Choice and History: Alexis de Tocqueville as Historian Reappraised
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0521024153 ISBN 13 : 9780521024150
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

A perceptive study of de Tocqueville's works, revealing his deep involvement with the philosophy of history.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Alexis de Tocqueville is recognized as one of the most important nineteenth-century historians. In this perceptive study, Harvey Mitchell examines Tocqueville's works, in particular Souvenirs of 1848 and his voluminous correspondence, to shed new light on Tocqueville's philosophy of history. Professor Mitchell exposes the tensions which Tocqueville perceived between determined actions and choice, continuity and change, asking what happens to individual liberty if it is impossible to make a clean break with the past, and if past developments continue to influence the future. Professor Mitchell draws on the full range of Tocqueville's writings to find in them a unity of thought and a deep involvement with the philosophical questions raised by historical continuity and change.

Revue de presse

"...an elegantly erudite reappraisal of Tocqueville as a historian....Mitchell provides an enticing introduction to Tocqueville....we can be grateful to historians like Mitchell." The Vancouver Sun

"This book is based on a wide and sensitive reading of the primary and secondary literature. Recommended for all university libraries." Choice

"This is an important contribution to the expanding universe of Tocqueville scholarship. Harvey Mitchell has seized upon a major dilemma in the study of Tocqueville...Mitchell is at his very best." American Historical Review

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521024153
ISBN 13 
9780521024150
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
308
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Personne responsable
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9780521560917: Individual Choice and the Structures of History: Alexis de Tocqueville as Historian Reappraised

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0521560918 ISBN 13 :  9780521560917
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1996
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