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Alexis Charles Henri Clérel, comte de Tocqueville[a] (29 July 1805 – 16 April 1859), [7] was a French aristocrat, diplomat, sociologist, political scientist, political philosopher, and historian. He is best known for his works Democracy in America (appearing in two volumes, 1835 and 1840) and The Old Regime and the Revolution (1856).
Sep 6, 2024 · Alexis de Tocqueville (born July 29, 1805, Paris, France—died April 16, 1859, Cannes) was a political scientist, historian, and politician, best known for Democracy in America, 4 vol. (1835–40), a perceptive analysis of the political and social system of the United States in the early 19th century.
Nov 9, 2009 · French sociologist and political theorist Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) traveled to the United States in 1831 to study its prisons and returned with a wealth of broader observations that...
De la démocratie en Amérique (French pronunciation: [dəla demɔkʁasi ɑ̃n‿ameˈʁik]; published in two volumes, the first in 1835 [1] and the second in 1840) [2] is a classic French work by Alexis de Tocqueville. In the book, Tocqueville examines the democratic revolution that he believed had been occurring over the previous several ...
Alexis de Tocqueville, (born July 29, 1805, Paris, France—died April 16, 1859, Cannes), French political scientist, historian, and politician. Born into an aristocratic family, he entered government service by choice.
Aug 28, 2018 · Alexis de Tocqueville (b. 1805–d. 1859) was a French politician and writer, considered variously as historian, sociologist, and political theorist. His two most well-known works are Democracy in America (2 vols., 1835–1840), and The Old Regime and the Revolution (1856).
Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859) was a French philosopher and statesman. Belonging to a Norman aristocratic family that traced its origins to the Battle of Hastings (1066), Tocqueville’s parents barely escaped the guillotine in the terror of the French Revolution.
Jun 8, 2018 · Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) lived at the time of two revolutions, the democratic and the industrial; their impact upon the traditional order furnished him with the major themes of his scholarly work. Tension between traditional and modern values dominated Tocqueville’s life and writings.
A definitive biography of the French aristocrat whobecame one of democracy's greatest champions In 1831, atthe age of twenty-five, Alexis de Tocqueville ma...
Aug 14, 2020 · Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859) was a thinker pulled between several worlds. He was an aristocrat by both birth and temperament, but he never lived in an aristocratic society, and his crowning achievement was to compose the most celebrated study of democracy ever written.
