Tocqueville and Beaumont

The first concise study giving full credit to the significance of the collaboration between Alexis de Tocqueville and Gustave de Beaumont and its impact on their works

Situates and contextualises the aristocratic liberalism of Tocqueville and Beaumont

Provides insight into what remains to be learnt from the works of Tocqueville and Beaumont about the emergence of modern democracy

Autorentext

Andreas Hess is Professor at the School of Sociology, University College Dublin, Ireland. He is the author of The Political Theory of Judith N. Shklar (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014) and Sociology in Ireland (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015).

Inhalt

1. Introduction: A Two-Man Research Machine .- 2. The Birth Pangs of American Democracy .- 3. In Search of New Liberal Politics: Reconciling Equality with Liberty .- 4. Republican by Necessity: The Revolution of 1848 and Beyond .- 5. What Remains?