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The Man Who Understood Democracy - The Life of Alexis de Tocqueville (Hardcover)
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The Man Who Understood Democracy - The Life of Alexis de Tocqueville (Hardcover)
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A definitive biography of the French aristocrat who became one of
democracy's greatest champions In 1831, at the age of twenty-five,
Alexis de Tocqueville made his fateful journey to America, where he
observed the thrilling reality of a functioning democracy. From
that moment onward, the French aristocrat would dedicate his life
as a writer and politician to ending despotism in his country and
bringing it into a new age. In this authoritative and
groundbreaking biography, leading Tocqueville expert Olivier Zunz
tells the story of a radical thinker who, uniquely charged by the
events of his time, both in America and France, used the world as a
laboratory for his political ideas. Placing Tocqueville's
dedication to achieving a new kind of democracy at the center of
his life and work, Zunz traces Tocqueville's evolution into a
passionate student and practitioner of liberal politics across a
trove of correspondence with intellectuals, politicians,
constituents, family members, and friends. While taking seriously
Tocqueville's attempts to apply the lessons of Democracy in America
to French politics, Zunz shows that the United States, and not only
France, remained central to Tocqueville's thought and actions
throughout his life. In his final years, with France gripped by an
authoritarian regime and America divided by slavery, Tocqueville
feared that the democratic experiment might be failing. Yet his
passion for democracy never weakened. Giving equal attention to the
French and American sources of Tocqueville's unique blend of
political philosophy and political action, The Man Who Understood
Democracy offers the richest, most nuanced portrait yet of a man
who, born between the worlds of aristocracy and democracy, fought
tirelessly for the only system that he believed could provide both
liberty and equality.
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