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Democracy in America：The Complete and Unabridged Volumes I and II

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.

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Bantam Classic

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