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The Cambridge Companion to Tocqueville

Author : Cheryl B. Welch

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 17 pages

File Size : 42,17 MB

Release : 2006-10-02

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 1139827359

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The Cambridge Companion to Tocqueville contains a set of critical interpretive essays by internationally renowned scholars on the work of Alexis de Tocqueville. The essays cover Tocqueville's major themes (liberty, equality, democracy, despotism, civil society, religion) and texts (Democracy in America, Recollections, Old Regime and the Revolution, other important reports, speeches and letters). The authors analyze both Tocqueville's contributions as a theorist of modern democracy and his craft as a writer. Collections of secondary work on Tocqueville have tended to fall into camps, either bringing together only scholars from one point of view or discipline, or treating only one major text. This Companion transcends national, ideological, disciplinary, and textual boundaries to bring together the best in recent Tocqueville scholarship. The essays not only introduce Tocqueville's major themes and texts, but also put forward provocative arguments that advance the field of Tocqueville studies.



The Cambridge Companion to Democracy in America

Author : Richard Boyd

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 505 pages

File Size : 38,68 MB

Release : 2022-03-24

Category : History

ISBN : 1107189810

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These essays explore important themes and contemporary legacies of Alexis de Tocqueville's classic work Democracy in America.



The Cambridge Companion to Rousseau

Author : Patrick Riley

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 474 pages

File Size : 47,6 MB

Release : 2001-08-27

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 9780521576154

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Universally regarded as the greatest French political theorist and philosopher of education of the Enlightenment, and probably the greatest French social theorist tout court, Rousseau was an important forerunner of the French Revolution, though his thought was too nuanced and subtle ever to serve as mere ideology. This 2001 volume systematically surveys the full range of Rousseau's activities in politics and education, psychology, anthropology, religion, music and theater.



The Cambridge Companion to Constant

Author : Helena Rosenblatt

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 419 pages

File Size : 48,67 MB

Release : 2009-04-13

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 1139827715

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Benjamin Constant is widely regarded as a founding father of modern liberalism. The Cambridge Companion to Constant presents a collection of interpretive essays on the major aspects of his life and work by a panel of international scholars, offering a necessary overview for anyone who wants to better understand this important thinker. Separate sections are devoted to Constant as a political theorist and actor, his work as a social analyst and literary critic, and his accomplishments as a historian of religion. Themes covered range from Constant's views on modern liberty, progress, terror, and individualism, to his ideas on slavery and empire, literature, women, and the nature and importance of religion. The Cambridge Companion to Constant is a convenient and accessible guide to Constant and the most up-to-date scholarship on him.



The Restless Mind

Author : Peter Augustine Lawler

Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield

Page : 214 pages

File Size : 50,40 MB

Release : 1993

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 9780847678242

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This book offers the most comprehensive account yet published of Alexis de Tocqueville's extraordinary thought and life. Peter Augustine Lawler makes clear the understanding of the human condition that is at the foundation of Tocqueville's mixed and elusive view of human liberty.



The Cambridge Companion to Thomas Jefferson

Author : Frank Shuffelton

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 229 pages

File Size : 28,74 MB

Release : 2009-01-22

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 1139828002

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This Companion forms an accessible introduction to the life and work of Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence. Essays explore Jefferson's political thought, his policies towards Native Americans, his attitude to race and slavery, as well as his interests in science, architecture, religion and education. Contributors include leading literary scholars and historians; the essays offer up to date overviews of his many interests, his friendships and his legacy. Together, they reveal his importance in the cultural and political life of early America. At the same time these original essays speak to abiding modern concerns about American culture and Jefferson's place in it. This Companion will be essential reading for students and scholars of Jefferson, and is designed for use by students of American literature and American history.



The Cambridge Companion to William Faulkner

Author : Philip M. Weinstein

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 268 pages

File Size : 19,48 MB

Release : 1995-01-27

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 9780521421676

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This collection of essays by ten major scholars explores Faulkner's widespread cultural import.



The Cambridge Companion to Byron

Author : Drummond Bone

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 340 pages

File Size : 15,84 MB

Release : 2004-11-18

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 9780521786768

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Byron s life and work have fascinated readers around the world for two hundred years, but it is the complex interaction between his art and his politics, beliefs and sexuality that has attracted so many modern critics and students. In three sections devoted to the historical, textual and literary contexts of Byron s life and times, these specially commissioned essays by a range of eminent Byron scholars provide a compelling picture of the diversity of Byron s writings. The essays cover topics such as Byron s interest in the East, his relationship to the publishing world, his attitudes to gender, his use of Shakespeare and eighteenth-century literature, and his acute fit in a post-modernist world. This Companion provides an invaluable resource for students and scholars, including a chronology and a guide to further reading.



The Cambridge Companion to Pushkin

Author : Andrew Kahn

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 4 pages

File Size : 26,51 MB

Release : 2006-12-21

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 1139827413

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Alexander Pushkin stands in a unique position as the founding father of Russian literature. In this Companion, leading scholars discuss Pushkin's work in its political, literary, social and intellectual contexts. In the first part of the book individual chapters analyse his poetry, his theatrical works, his narrative poetry and historical writings. The second section explains and samples Pushkin's impact on broader Russian culture by looking at his enduring legacy in music and film from his own day to the present. Special attention is given to the reinvention of Pushkin as a cultural icon during the Soviet period. No other volume available brings together such a range of material and such comprehensive coverage of all Pushkin's major and minor writings. The contributions represent state-of-the-art scholarship that is innovative and accessible, and are complemented by a chronology and a guide to further reading.



The Anthem Companion to Alexis de Tocqueville

Author : Daniel Gordon

Publisher : Anthem Press

Page : 266 pages

File Size : 15,54 MB

Release : 2019-05-30

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 1783089768

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The Anthem Companion to Alexis de Tocqueville contains original interpretations of Tocqueville’s major writings on democracy and revolution as well as his lesser-known ideas on colonies, prisons, and minorities. The Introduction by Daniel Gordon discusses the process by which Tocqueville was canonized during the Cold War and the need to reassess the place of Tocqueville’s voice in the conversation of post-Marxist social theory. Each of the contributors compares Tocqueville’s ideas on a given subject to those of other major social theorists, including Bourdieu, Dahl, Du Bois, Foucault, Lévi-Strauss and Marx. This comprehensive volume is based on the idea that Tocqueville was not merely a “founder” or “precursor” whose ideas have been absorbed into modern social science. The broad questions that Tocqueville raised, his comparative vision, and his unique vocabulary and style can inspire deeper thinking in the social sciences today.