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AlexisdeTocqueville'sDemocracyinAmericahasbeenrecognizedasanindispensablestartingpointforunderstandingAmericanpolitics.Fromthepublicationofthesecondvolumein1840untilhisdeathin1859,TocquevillecontinuedtomonitorpoliticaldevelopmentsinAmericaandcommittedmanyofhisthoughtstopaperinletterstohisfriendsinAmerica.HealsomadefrequentreferencestoAmericainmanyarticlesandspeeches.DidTocquevillechangehisviewsonAmericaoutlinedinthetwovolumesofDemocracyinAmericapublishedin1835and1840?Ifso,whichofhisviewschangedandwhy?ThetextstranslatedinTocquevilleonAmericaafter1840:LettersandOtherWritingsanswerthesequestionsandofferEnglish-speakingreadersthepossibilityoffamiliarizingthemselveswiththisundulyneglectedpartofTocqueville'swork.Thebookpointsoutaclearshiftinemphasisespeciallyafter1852anddocumentsTocqueville'sgrowingdisenchantmentwithAmerica,triggeredbysuchissuesaspoliticalcorruption,slavery,expansionismandtheencroachmentoftheeconomicsphereuponthepolitical.
作者简介
AurelianCraiutuisAssociateProfessorintheDepartmentofPoliticalScienceatIndianaUniversity,Bloomington.HereceivedhisPh.D.inpoliticalsciencefromPrincetonUniversityin1999.HisbookLiberalismunderSiege:ThePoliticalThoughtoftheFrenchDoctrinaireswona2004CHOICEOutstandingAcademicTitleAward.ProfessorCraiutuhasalsoeditedseveralvolumes,includingGuizot'sHistoryoftheOriginsofRepresentativeGovernmentinEurope,MadamedeSta?l'sConsiderationsontheMainEventsoftheFrenchRevolution,ConversationswithTocqueville:TheDemocraticRevolutionintheTwentieth-FirstCentury(withSheldonGellar)andAmericathroughEuropeanEyes(withJeffreyC.Isaac).Hisarticlesandreviewshavealsoappearedinmanyjournals.JeremyJenningsisProfessorofPoliticalTheoryatQueenMary,UniversityofLondon,havingpreviouslyheldpostsattheUniversitiesofSwanseaandBirmingham(UK).HereceivedhisD.Phil.fromtheUniversityofOxford.In2007hewasmadeaChevalierintheOrdredesPalmesAcadémiquesforservicesrenderedtoFrenchculture.ProfessorJenningshaspublishedextensivelyonthehistoryofpoliticalthoughtinFrance,theroleofintellectualsinpolitics,andthehistoryofsocialism.In2002hepublishedaneweditionofGeorgesSorel'sReflectionsonViolenceandin2005co-editedavolumeentitledRepublicanisminTheoryandPractice.HehasrecentlypublishedarticlesintheAmericanPoliticalScienceReview,ReviewofPolitics,JournalofPoliticalIdeologiesandJournaloftheHistoryofIdeas.
