Ancien Regime and the Revolution [electronic resource]
Alexis de Tocqueville2008
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The Ancien Régime and the Revolution is a comparison of revolutionary France and
the despotic rule it toppled. Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-59) is an objective
observer of both periods - providing a merciless critique of the ancien régime ,
with its venality, oppression and inequality, yet acknowledging the reforms
introduced under Louis XVI, and claiming that the post-Revolution state was in
many ways as tyrannical as that of the King; its once lofty and egalitarian
ideals corrupted and forgotten. Writing in the 1850s, Tocqueville wished to
expose the return to despotism he witnessed in his own time under Napoleon III,
by illuminating the grand, but ultimately doomed, call to liberty made by the
French people in 1789. His eloquent and instructive study raises questions about
liberty, nationalism and justice that remain urgent today.
Main title:
Ancien Regime and the Revolution [electronic resource] / Alexis de Tocqueville
Author:
Alexis de Tocqueville, Author
Imprint:
United Kingdom : Penguin, 2008
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (336 pages)
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780141919737
Language:
English
BRN:
428628
Electronic access:
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |