Eski Rejim ve Devrim

"In 1789 the French made the greatest effort ever attempted by any people, as if to divide their destiny in two, and to separate by an abyss what they had been until then from what they wanted to be. In this strange attempt they were inspired by the emotions with which they had led the Revolution which destroyed the old regime." "I believe that they inherited and preserved many of the habits and even ideas from that regime, and unintentionally benefited from these remnants while building the new society."

The topicality and innovation of this book, written more than forty years ago, will surprise the reader. Its importance is not only that it presents the "most realistic scenario" regarding the French Revolution, which we remember with false clichés...

Tocqueville is the first thinker to show that the political regime we call democracy is actually and primarily a "form of society" and that this form of society differs from the "aristocracy" of the past and the "totalitarianism" of today and every period with a fundamental break. If the Old Regime and the Revolution could be a guidebook for today's politicians, could they so recklessly pursue rhetoric while telling us tales of democracy?


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Imge Bookstore

Number of Pages: 0

Language Turkish