Democracy in America (Classics of World Literature) (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature) - Softcover

Alexis Tocqueville

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853264806 ISBN 13: 9781853264801

Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1998

Synopsis

Democracy in America is a classic of political philosophy. Hailed by John Stuart Mill and Horace Greely as the finest book ever written on the nature of democracy, it continues to be an influential text on both sides of the Atlantic, above all in the emerging democracies of Eastern Europe. De Tocqueville examines the structures, institutions and operation of democracy, and shows how Europe can learn from American success and failures. His central theme is the advancement of the rule of the people, but he also predicts that slavery will bring about the 'most horrible of civil wars', foresees that the USA and Russia will be the Superpowers of the twentieth century, and is 150 years ahead of his time in his views on the position and importance of women.

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About the Author

One of America's premier essayists, Joseph Epstein was the editor of The American Scholar for 25 years and has taught--and continues to teach--advanced prose, the reading and writing of fiction, the sociology of literature, autobiography, literature and politics, Henry James, Joseph Conrad, and Willa Cather at Northwestern University. Epstein is the author of 13 books, most recently Life Sentences and Narcissus Leaves the Pool, and has published roughly four hundred essays, stories, reviews and articles in such journals as The New Yorker, Harper's, Times Literary Supplement, The New Republic, Commentary, The New Criterion, The New York Review of Books, Encounter, The New York Times Magazine, and Dissent.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853264806
• ISBN 13: 9781853264801
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416
• Editor: Renshaw Patrick, Griffith Tom