{"product_id":"2026200010092-secondhand-tocqueville-and-england","title":"Tocqueville And England","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Jacket:  worn\/faded, chipping and tears but still structural (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew relationships in the history of political thought are as illuminating as that between Alexis de Tocqueville and England — a country that both fascinated and challenged his democratic theories. Seymour Drescher's Tocqueville and England chronicles the French aristocrat-philosopher's deep intellectual and personal engagement with British society, politics, and institutions, revealing how England served as a crucial counterpoint to his seminal thinking on democracy, liberty, and equality. Drawing on extensive archival research, Drescher reconstructs Tocqueville's visits, friendships, and correspondence with leading English thinkers and statesmen, presenting a portrait of cross-Channel intellectual exchange at its most fertile.\n\nThe work situates Tocqueville's evolving views within the broader context of nineteenth-century liberalism, arguing that England was not merely a backdrop but an active force in shaping his celebrated masterwork Democracy in America. Drescher writes with scholarly precision and analytical depth, unearthing the tensions between Tocqueville's admiration for English aristocratic stability and his conviction in the inevitable march of democracy. For anyone seeking to understand the foundations of modern liberal thought, this study poses a question that lingers long after the final page: what does it mean for a democracy's greatest theorist to find his deepest inspiration in a monarchy?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130624712923,"sku":"2026200010092-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/ef0d9b76-c6d4-4251-8c79-490efbec3c9d.png?v=1786587791","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200010092-secondhand-tocqueville-and-england","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}