To Speak for the People Public Opinion and the Problem of Legitimacy in the French Revolution

Name: To Speak for the People
Author: Jon Cowans

Auteur: Jon Cowans

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Jon Cowans

Engels
Hardcover
9780415929714
04 juni 2001
256 pagina's

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To Speak for the People is a lucid and innovative study of public opinion during the French Revolution. Cowans adds a strong and original voice to the historical debate over the problem of legitimacy during the Revolution.

Although there is now a great deal of literature on the concept of public opinion in the 18th century France, it is almost entirely devoted to the pre-revolutionary years. No book has tackled the concept of public opinion in the French Revolution itself. To Speak for the People is a lucid and innovative study that finally fills this gap. Historian Jon Cowans adds a strong and genuinely original voice to the historical debate over the problem of legitimacy during the Revolution drawing on the works of such luminaries as Jürgen Habermas, Keith Baker, François Furet, and Nancy Fraser. He then examines the uses of terms such as public opinion, 'the public, and the people in political debates during the Revolution and analyzes those terms' changing meaning and the role they played in attempts to secure political authority. While shedding new light on the Revolution itself, the book raises broader issues by addressing the problem of legitimacy that has haunted all revolutionary and democratic governments throughout the modern period. Jon Cowans is a graduate of Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. He received his Ph.D. in History at Stanford University. He has published articles on French political culture, cultural politics, and memory in French Historical Studies , the Journal of Contemporary History , and History and Memory . He teaches in the History Department of Rutgers University and lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 04 juni 2001
Aantal pagina's: 256
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Hoofdauteur: Jon Cowans
Hoofduitgeverij: Routledge

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Product breedte: 152 mm
Product lengte: 229 mm
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Verpakking hoogte: 229 mm
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Categorieën: Geschiedenis

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Nieuwe tijd (1500-1800)

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Periode: 18e eeuw
Taal: Engels
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