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France before 1789 - The Unraveling of an Absolutist Regime (Paperback)
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France before 1789 - The Unraveling of an Absolutist Regime (Paperback)
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A masterful new account of old regime France by one of the world's
most prominent political philosophers France 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.
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