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Author Martin, Xavier.

Title Human nature and the French Revolution : from the Enlightenment to the Napoleonic Code / Xavier Martin ; translated from the French by Patrick Corcoran.

Publication Info. New York : Berghahn Books, 2001.

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 292 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Polygons ; v. 3
Polygons ; v. 3.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-283) and index.
Contents 1. Human Nature -- 2. Helvetius and d'Holbach -- 3. Voltaire -- 4. Rousseau -- 5. Pedagogy and Politics -- 6. Mirabeau and Sieyes -- 7. Audacity of the Philanthropists -- 8. Robespierre -- 9. Making an Impression -- 10. Cabanis and Destutt de Tracy -- 11. La Reveilliere-Lepeaux and Leclerc -- 12. Supervised Sovereignty -- 13. Madame de Stael and Constant -- 14. Bonaparte: Ideologue? -- 15. Napoleonic Code.
Summary "What view of man did the French Revolutionaries hold? Anyone who purports to be interested in the "Rights of Man" could be expected to see this question as crucial and yet, surprisingly, it is rarely raised. Through his work as a legal historian, Xavier Martin came to realize that there is no unified view of man and that, alongside the "official" revolutionary discourse, very divergent views can be traced in a variety of sources from the Enlightenment to the napoleonic Code."--Jacket.
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Subject Revolution (France : 1789-1799)
Philosophical anthropology -- France -- History -- 18th century.
Philosophical anthropology.
France.
History.
Chronological Term 18th century
Subject Enlightenment -- France.
Enlightenment.
France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799.
France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799.
Genre/Form History.
Electronic books.
Added Title Nature humaine et Révolution française. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00100062
Other Form: Print version: Martin, Xavier. Nature humaine et Révolution française. English. Human nature and the French Revolution. New York : Berghahn Books, 2001 1571817093 (DLC) 00049349 (OCoLC)45103005
ISBN 9781782381709 (electronic book)
1782381708 (electronic book)
1571817093
9781571817099
1571814159
9781571814159