The Legacy of the French Revolution
Ralph C. Hancock (Anthology Editor) , Gary L. Lambert (Anthology Editor) , Philippe Beneton (Contributor) , James Ceaser (Contributor) , L Gary Lambert (Contributor) , Pierre Manent (Contributor) ,
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The Legacy of the French Revolution
Ralph C. Hancock (Anthology Editor) , Gary L. Lambert (Anthology Editor) , Philippe Beneton (Contributor) , James Ceaser (Contributor) , L Gary Lambert (Contributor) , Pierre Manent (Contributor) ,
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This collection of essays by prominent American and French scholars explores the political, cultural, and social implications of the most fundamentally formative modern event, the French Revolution. The contributors contend that the vocabulary and spirit of the French Revolution has exercised greater influence on the modern world than the more moderate and by all appearances more successful American Revolution. The Legacy of the French Revolution delineates the distinctive characters of the American and French revolutions and analyzes the different variants of democratic political traditions that have evolved from this seminal event. This book will be of particular interest to political theorists, political historians, and students of democratic theory.
Table of Contents
Part 2 Part I: THE IDEA OF REVOLUTION AND THE PROBLEM OF MODERN LIBERTY
Chapter 3 The Unfinished Revolution
Chapter 4 The French Revolution and French and English Liberalism
Part 5 Part II: TWO PHILOSOPHIES, TWO REVOLUTIONS
Chapter 6 The Two Revolutions
Chapter 7 The American Founding and the French Revolution
Chapter 8 Human Rights and Constitutional Government: A Franco-American Dialogue at the Time of Revolution
Chapter 9 The Great Misunderstanding
Part 10 Part III: REVOLUTION, CONSTITUTION, LAW
Chapter 11 The Rule of Law in Eighteenth-Century Revolutions
Chapter 12 The "Rights of Man and Citizen" in the French Constitutional Tradition
Chapter 13 Revolutionary Visions in Legal Imagery: Constitutional Contrasts between France and America
Chapter 14 Conclusion: Two Revolutions and the Problem of Modern Prudence
Chapter 15 Index
Product details
| Published | 02 Apr 1996 |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 310 |
| ISBN | 9780847678426 |
| Imprint | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Dimensions | 229 x 163 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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