Condorcet and Modernity

Informationen zum Autor David Williams and David Peacock Klappentext A full treatment of Condorcet's politics! and a major contribution to enlightenment studies from a senior scholar. Zusammenfassung The Marquis de Condorcet was one of the few Enlightenment thinkers to witness! and indeed participate in! the French Revolution. Condorcet and Modernity is a full treatment of Condorcet's politics! and a major contribution to enlightenment studies from a senior scholar. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; References and abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Profile of a political life; 2. Human nature and human rights; 3. The civil order; 4. Managing enlightenment; 5. Reform and the moral order; 6. New constructions of equality; 7. Justice and the law; 8. Representative government; 9. The economic order; 10. Managing the Revolution; Conclusion: the human odyssey; Bibliography; Name index; Subject index.

Autorentext
David Williams and David Peacock

Klappentext
David Williams explores the complex links between Condorcet as visionary ideologist and pragmatic legislator, and between his concept of modernity and the management of change. The Marquis de Condorcet was one of the few Enlightenment thinkers to witness and participate in the French Revolution. Based on an extensive array of printed and original manuscript sources, Williams' analysis of Condorcet's politics will be a major contribution to Enlightenment studies.

Zusammenfassung
The Marquis de Condorcet was one of the few Enlightenment thinkers to witness, and indeed participate in, the French Revolution. Condorcet and Modernity is a full treatment of Condorcet's politics, and a major contribution to enlightenment studies from a senior scholar.

Inhalt
Acknowledgements; References and abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Profile of a political life; 2. Human nature and human rights; 3. The civil order; 4. Managing enlightenment; 5. Reform and the moral order; 6. New constructions of equality; 7. Justice and the law; 8. Representative government; 9. The economic order; 10. Managing the Revolution; Conclusion: the human odyssey; Bibliography; Name index; Subject index.

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