France before 1789 (eBook)

The Unraveling of an Absolutist Regime

Jon Elster (Autor)

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2020
280 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-20092-7 (ISBN)

Infos

A masterful new account of old regime France by one of the world's most prominent political philosophersFrance before 1789 traces the historical origins of France's National Constituent Assembly of 1789, providing a vivid portrait of the ancien regime and its complex social system in the decades before the French Revolution. Jon Elster writes in the spirit of Alexis de Tocqueville, who described this tumultuous era with an eye toward individual and group psychology and the functioning of institutions. Whereas Tocqueville saw the old regime as a breeding ground for revolution, Elster, more specifically, identifies the rural and urban conflicts that fueled the constitution-making process from 1789 to 1791. He presents a new approach to history writing, one that supplements the historian's craft with the tools and insights of modern social science. Elster draws on important French and Anglo-American scholarship as well as a treasure trove of historical evidence from the period, such as the Memoirs of Saint-Simon, the letters of Madame de Sevigne, the journals of the lawyer Barbier and the bookseller Hardy, the Remonstrances of Malesherbes, and La Bruyere's maxims.Masterfully written and unparalleled in scope, France before 1789 is the first volume of a trilogy that promises to transform our understanding of constitution making in the eighteenth century. Volume 2 will look at revolutionary America in the years leading up to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 while the third volume will examine all facets of the French and American assemblies, from how they elected their delegates and organized their proceedings to how they addressed issues of separation of powers and representation.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.6.2020
• Zusatzinfo: 4 b/w illus. 2 tables. 1 map.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Schlagworte: Adviser • American Revolution • amour-propre • Ancien Régime • Anger • Assembly of Notables • bailiwick • Bourgeoisie • bribery • cabinet noir • Censorship • Charles Tilly • Commoner • Confiscation • Consideration • Constitutionalism • Consumption Tax • Courtier • Criticism • debt • de facto • Deliberation • democracy in America • despotism • direct tax • edict • Enemy of the State • Estates of the realm • European History • Explanation • Falsity • Flour War • foreign policy • French history • french nobility • French revolutionary wars • Georges Lefebvre • Government bond • hatred • historian • History of France • Horace Walpole • humiliation • hypocrisy • income • indictment • indirect tax • Institution • Intendant • Jonathan Israel • Jon Elster • Judiciary • Jurisdiction • Legislation • Lit de justice • Looting • Louis XIII of France • Louis XIV of France • Louis XV of France • Madame de Pompadour • Marc Bloch • Marie Antoinette • Military Service • Multitude • Napoleon • Napoleonic Era • Napoleonic France • narrative • Nicolas Fouquet • Nobility • obstacle • parlement • PAYMASTER • Payment • peasant • Philip Hoffman • Politique • Precedent • Pretext • Protest • Psychology of Emotion • Publication • Publicity • Quid Pro Quo • Regent • Reimbursement • resentment • revolutionary history • ridicule • R. R. Palmer • Salt tax • Scarcity • Scarcity (social psychology) • secrecy • Seigneur • Self-Interest • Shame • Social Movement • Social Science • Social Status • sociology of collective action • Subsidy • Taille • Tax • Tax Collector • Tax evasion • Tax exemption • Tax Reform • The Age of the Democratic Revolution • The Estates • The Old Regime and the Revolution • The Public Interest • time horizon • Tithe • Uncertainty • Unigenitus • valet • Voting • Wealth • Writing
• ISBN-10: 0-691-20092-0 / 0691200920
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-20092-7 / 9780691200927