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Society, Theory and the French Revolution - Studies in the Revolutionary Imaginary (Paperback, 1st ed. 1986)
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Society, Theory and the French Revolution - Studies in the Revolutionary Imaginary (Paperback, 1st ed. 1986)
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This is a very different book about the French Revolution of
1789-94. The concern is less with a change in society than a change
in the relation that a society establishes with itself. Here the
focus is on society's presentation (and representation) considered
not simply from the perspective of a few privileged intellectuals,
but as a social and historical process inseparable from the
institution of society's political dimension. Through a close
reading of the revolutionary texts of the period, the author is
able to trace behind the surface of events and conflict themes of a
more abstract, fundamental character - themes relative to the
'discovery' of society, the construction of the nation-state, and
what for the revolutionaries was the scandal of their separation.
While retaining a fidelity to the eighteenth century, this book
opens up new theoretical perspectives that illuminate the character
of both a certain revolutionary heritage and a more general
political modernity.
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