Republicanism and the French Revolution

Republicanism and the French Revolution
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Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Total Pages : 248
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ISBN-10 : 0199241155
ISBN-13 : 9780199241156
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Book Synopsis Republicanism and the French Revolution by : Lecturer in Intellectual History School of English and American Studies Richard Whatmore

Download or read book Republicanism and the French Revolution written by Lecturer in Intellectual History School of English and American Studies Richard Whatmore and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2000 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Republicanism and the French Revolution reassesses Jean-Baptiste Say's political economy by locating the author's ideas amidst the intellectual upheavals of Old Regime and revolutionary France. Traditionally Say has been portrayed as a rather staid figure, the archetypal liberal and classicalpolitical economist devoted to Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations. This study reveals the historic Say to have been altogether different; a passionate and committed republican intellectual and French patriot, he was as opposed to Britain's constitution, commerce, and political culture as he was toBonaparte's First Empire. The relationship between Say's political thought and political economy, evinced in the full range of his writings from 1789 to 1832, is scrutinized for the first time, elucidating the true origins of his republicanism. This derived from a rich seam of political speculation among French and Genevanradicals concerning the possibility of transforming large and corrupt monarchies into modern republics whose political culture was characterized by commerce and virtue. By the 1790s such ideas had come to define the French Revolution itself, at once promising to restore French greatness and replaceBritain as the leading cultural force in Europe. Say looked back to such luminaries as Diderot, Gibbon, and Franklin as members of the modern republican Pantheon and dedicated his life to formulating a political economy that would persuade legislators and ordinary citizens to embrace the republicancreed.


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