Soft Despotism, Democracy's Drift: Montesquieu, Rousseau, Tocqueville, and the Modern Prospect

By Paul Anthony Rahe

Book Overview

An insightful reading of early democratic philosophers and how America and other modern democracies have veered too far from their fundamental roots In 1989, the Cold War abruptly ended and it seemed... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030014492X
• ISBN13: 9780300144925
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.2" x 6.1"