DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA

图书标准信息

• 作者 Alexis de（亚历克西斯·托克维尔）、Joseph Epstein（约瑟·爱泼斯坦） 著
• 出版社 Bantam Classics
• 出版时间 2000-04
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780553214642
• 定价 34.10元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 943页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Bantam Classic

【内容简介】

FromAmerica'scallforafreepresstoitsembraceofthecapitalistsystem,DemocracyinAmerica--firstpublishedin1835--enlightens,entertains,andenduresasabrilliantstudyofournationalgovernmentandcharacter.PhilosopherJohnStuartMillcalledit"amongthemostremarkableproductionsofourtime."WoodrowWilsonwrotethatdeTocqueville'sabilitytoilluminatetheactualworkingsofAmericandemocracywas"possiblywithoutrival."

Fortoday'sreaders,deTocqueville'sconcernabouttheeffectofmajorityruleontherightsofindividualsremainsdeeplymeaningful.Hisshrewdobservationsaboutthe"almostroyalprerogatives"ofthepresidentandtheneedforvirtueinelectedofficialsareparticularlyprophetic.HisprofoundinsightsintothegreatrewardsandresponsibilitiesofdemocraticgovernmentarewordseveryAmericanneedstoread,contemplate,andremember.

FromAmerica'scallforafreepresstoitsembraceofthecapitalistsystemDemocracyinAmericaenlightens,entertains,andenduresasabrilliantstudyofournationalgovernmentandcharacter.DeToqueville'sconcernabouttheeffectofmajorityruleontherightsofindividualsremainsdeeplymeaningful.HisinsightsintothegreatrewardsandresponsibilitiesofdemocraticgovernmentarewordseveryAmericanneedstoread,contemplate,andremember.

【作者简介】

OneofAmerica'spremieressayists,JosephEpsteinwastheeditorofTheAmericanScholarfor25yearsandhastaught--andcontinuestoteach--advancedprose,thereadingandwritingoffiction,thesociologyofliterature,autobiography,literatureandpolitics,HenryJames,JosephConrad,andWillaCatheratNorthwesternUniversity.Epsteinistheauthorof13books,mostrecentlyLifeSentencesandNarcissusLeavesthePool,andhaspublishedroughlyfourhundredessays,stories,reviewsandarticlesinsuchjournalsasTheNewYorker,Harper's,TimesLiterarySupplement,TheNewRepublic,Commentary,TheNewCriterion,TheNewYorkReviewofBooks,Encounter,TheNewYorkTimesMagazine,andDissent.