French Political and Intellectual History
Author | : Samuel Bernstein |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Samuel Bernstein |
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Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 1984 |
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Author | : Samuel Bernstein |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1955 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
In this collection of remarkable essays, initially published in 1955 and now available in paperback for the first time, Samuel Bernstein elucidates the meaning of human striving for improvement with regard to the problems raised by one of the most turbulent periods of history. Written with profound conviction and literary acumen, these essays will give the reader, in the author's words, a sense of a "kinship of ideas and the mutual sympathies of peoples in matters concerning human betterment." These essays represents the fruits of twenty years of careful research in the political and intellectual history of the Atlantic civilization, particularly as it relates to the leading movements and men of France. Bernstein's expert knowledge of the history of political movements and social policies places him among the ranking authorities in that field. Contents: "Marat, Friend of the People"; "Robespierre and the Problem of War"; "British Jacobinism"; "Jefferson on the French Revolution"; "Babeuf and Babouvism"; "Saint-Simon's Philosophy of History"; "From Social Utopia to Social Science"; "French Democracy and the American Civil War"; "The First International in France, 1964-1871"; "The Paris Commune"; "The American Press Views the Commune"; "The First International and a New Holy Alliance."
Author | : Emile Chabal |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 129 |
Release | : 2020-10-06 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1509530045 |
France is the most-visited country in the world. It attracts millions of tourists, most of whom come in search of beautiful architecture, good food, and fine art. But appearances can be deceptive. France is not only a place of culture and glamour; it also carries the bitter memories of violence, division and broken promises. In this arresting book, Emile Chabal, a leading specialist of contemporary France, tells the story of a paradoxical country. From the calamitous defeat by Hitler's armies in 1940 to the spectacular gilets jaunes protests, he explores the contradictions that have shaped French history over the last eighty years. The picture that emerges is one of a nation struggling to reconcile its core political values with the realities of a diverse society. Listen to the author talk about the book with Roxanne Panchasi on the New Books Network Podcast
Author | : Jonathan Israel |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 883 |
Release | : 2014-03-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1400849993 |
How the Radical Enlightenment inspired and shaped the French Revolution Historians of the French Revolution used to take for granted what was also obvious to its contemporary observers—that the Revolution was shaped by the radical ideas of the Enlightenment. Yet in recent decades, scholars have argued that the Revolution was brought about by social forces, politics, economics, or culture—almost anything but abstract notions like liberty or equality. In Revolutionary Ideas, one of the world's leading historians of the Enlightenment restores the Revolution’s intellectual history to its rightful central role. Drawing widely on primary sources, Jonathan Israel shows how the Revolution was set in motion by radical eighteenth-century doctrines, how these ideas divided revolutionary leaders into vehemently opposed ideological blocs, and how these clashes drove the turning points of the Revolution. In this compelling account, the French Revolution stands once again as a culmination of the emancipatory and democratic ideals of the Enlightenment. That it ended in the Terror represented a betrayal of those ideas—not their fulfillment.
Author | : Sudhir Hazareesingh |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2001-11-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 019153014X |
This innovative study of French political culture re-examines the origins of modern republicanism through the lives and political thought of five nineteenth-century intellectuals: Jules Barni, Charles Dupont-White, Emile Littré, Eugène Pelletan, and Etienne Vacherot. By their writings and their political practices at the local, national, international levels these thinkers made major contributions to the founding of the new republican order in France. Drawing on a range of archival and published sources, the book sheds new light on classical republican thinking on such key issues as the interpretation of the 1789 Revolution, the definition of citizenship, the meaning of patriotism, the relationship between central government and local democracy, the value of individual liberty, and the place of education and religion in publica and private life. These five studies also break new ground in the conceptualization of nineteenth-century French intellectual history. The writings of these thinkers demonstrate the ideological pluralism and diversity of moderate French republican thought during this period. Positivism appears as an important and influential doctrine, but its hegemonic aspirations were successfully resisted by the abiding incluences of Saint-Simonism, socialism, doctrinaire liberalism, and neo-Kantianism. It emerges that the ideological potency of republican doctrine lay in its complexity and sophistication, as reflected in its capacity to effect a synthesis among these different approaches. Through its analysis of the writings and political practices of these five thinkers Intellectual Founders of the Republic offers critical insights into the history of political thought as well as modern French republicanism. It underlines both the significance of contextuality in the interpretation of political discourse, and the continuing relevance of classical republicanism in making sense of contemporary moral and political dilemmas.
Author | : Richard Whatmore |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023 |
Genre | : Economics |
ISBN | : 9781383037432 |
This volume reassesses Say's political economy by locating the author's ideas amidst the intellectual upheavels of the Ancien Régime and revolutionary France.
Author | : Arthur Hirsh |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Pierre Manent |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 2019-12-31 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0691207194 |
Highlighting the social tensions that confront the liberal tradition, Pierre Manent draws a portrait of what we, citizens of modern liberal democracies, have become. For Manent, a discussion of liberalism encompasses the foundations of modern society, its secularism, its individualism, and its conception of rights. The frequent incapacity of the morally neutral, democratic state to further social causes, he argues, derives from the liberal stance that political life does not serve a higher purpose. Through quick-moving, highly synthetic essays, he explores the development of liberal thinking in terms of a single theme: the decline of theological politics. The author traces the liberal stance to Machiavelli, who, in seeking to divorce everyday life from the pervasive influence of the Catholic church, separated politics from all notions of a cosmological order. What followed, as Manent demonstrates in his analyses of Locke, Hobbes, Rousseau, Guizot, and Constant, was the evolving concept of an individual with no goals outside the confines of the self and a state with no purpose but to prevent individuals from dominating one another. Weighing both the positive and negative effects of such a political arrangement, Manent raises important questions about the fundamental political issues of the day, among them the possibility of individual rights being reconciled with the necessary demands of political organization, and the desirability of a government system neutral about religion but not about public morals.
Author | : Samuel Bernstein |
Publisher | : Transaction Publishers |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 1955 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9781412823968 |
In this collection of remarkable essays, initially published in 1955 and now available in paperback for the first time, Samuel Bernstein elucidates the meaning of human striving for improvement with regard to the problems raised by one of the most turbulent periods of history. Written with profound conviction and literary acumen, these essays will give the reader, in the author's words, a sense of a âkinship of ideas and the mutual sympathies of peoples in matters concerning human betterment.â These essays represents the fruits of twenty years of careful research in the political and intellectual history of the Atlantic civilization, particularly as it relates to the leading movements and men of France. Bernstein's expert knowledge of the history of political movements and social policies places him among the ranking authorities in that field. Contents: âMarat, Friend of the Peopleâ; âRobespierre and the Problem of Warâ; âBritish Jacobinismâ; âJefferson on the French Revolutionâ; âBabeuf and Babouvismâ; âSaint-Simon's Philosophy of Historyâ; âFrom Social Utopia to Social Scienceâ; âFrench Democracy and the American Civil Warâ; âThe First International in France, 1964-1871â; âThe Paris Communeâ; âThe American Press Views the Communeâ; âThe First International and a New Holy Alliance.â
Author | : Samuel Kalman |
Publisher | : Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2014-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1782382410 |
During the interwar years France experienced severe political polarization. At the time many observers, particularly on the left, feared that the French right had embraced fascism, generating a fierce debate that has engaged scholars for decades, but has also obscured critical changes in French society and culture during the 1920s and 1930s. This collection of essays shifts the focus away from long-standing controversies in order to examine various elements of the French right, from writers to politicians, social workers to street fighters, in their broader social, cultural, and political contexts. It offers a wide-ranging reassessment of the structures, mentalities, and significance of various conservative and extremist organizations, deepening our understanding of French and European history in a troubled yet fascinating era.