Revolutionary Ideas

Name: Revolutionary Ideas
Brand: Princeton University Press
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By Jonathan Israel

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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.

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Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: 1
Languages:: Original: English
Number of Pages:: 888
Publisher:: Princeton University Press
Publication Date:: 2015-09-22
ISBN / EAN:: 9780691169712
Weight:: 1218 g
Dimensions:: 15/23/5 cm
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