The demands of liberty : civil society in France since the Revolution / Pierre Rosanvallon ; transla...
The demands of liberty : civil society in France since the Revolution / Pierre Rosanvallon ; transla...
The demands of liberty : civil society in France since the Revolution / Pierre Rosanvallon ; translated by Arthur Goldhammer.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 2007.
Date
2007.
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N320.944/ 54
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English
French
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vi, 354 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction : democratic pathways and the French case -- 1. Generality as a social form -- 2. Generality as democratic quality : the principle of immediacy -- 3. Generality as mode of regulation : the cult of law -- 4. The question of origins -- 5. The imperative of governability -- 6. The sociolog...
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Publisher
Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 2007.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
2007.
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Summary
"Pierre Rosanvallon argues that the French have cherished and demonized Jacobinism at the same time; their hearts followed Robespierre, but their heads turned toward Benjamin Constant. The Demands of Liberty traces the long history of resistance to Jacobinism, including the creation of associations and unions and the implementation of elements of d...
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The demands of liberty : civil society in France since the Revolution / Pierre Rosanvallon ; translated by Arthur Goldhammer.
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Harvard historical studies ; 154.
Harvard historical studies ; 154.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Translated from the French.
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N320.944/ 54
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74VKO0dE2Q4b
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0674024966 (cased) :
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320.944
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991022626869702626
