About the Author

Alexis de Tocqueville was the author of two masterpieces, Democracy in America and The Old Regime and the Revolution.

Book Overview

In this volume, Alan S. Kahan, one of the world's leading authorities on Tocqueville's work, presents an accessible and rigorous account of the French author's ideas set in the context of his life and times. It sets out the essential tensions and ambiguities in Tocqueville's thought and analyzes the idea that made him such a compelling and insightful thinker.