Social and Political Thought of the French Revolution, 1788-1797: An Anthology of Original Texts - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0820457086 ISBN 13: 9780820457086

Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc, 2001

Synopsis

This anthology traces contemporary responses to some of the fundamental questions raised during the French Revolution concerning the world of social and political humankind. What is a constitution? What is the nature of sovereignty? Who are the people? What is the nation? What is the meaning of popular sovereignty, of national sovereignty? What is the origin and meaning of rights? Given differences in the abilities of individuals, is economic equality in society possible? Is it desirable? Is it really in the interest of the poor? What is their interest? What is the general interest, the common interest of society? Do commoners and the privileged share a common interest? Do the rich and the poor? If so, what is it? If not, how - to paraphrase Rousseau - is a moral society possible?

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About the Author

The Editor and Translator: Author of The People in French Counter-Revolutionary Thought (Peter Lang, 1988) and of the anthology (Peter Lang, 1997) of which the present volume is an abridgement, Marc Allan Goldstein is co-editor of Peter Lang's series Eighteenth Century Intellectual History and a member of the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts where he teaches philosophy and history.

Edition details

• Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0820457086
• ISBN 13: 9780820457086
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 367
• Editor: Goldstein Marc Allan