{"product_id":"human-nature-and-the-french-revolution-from-the-enlightenment-to-the-napoleonic-code-9781571814159","title":"Human Nature and the French Revolution: From the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tWhat 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. Michelet's phrases, \"Know men in order to act upon them\" sums up the problem that Martin's study constantly seeks to elucidate and illustrate: it reveals the prevailing tendency to see men as passive, giving legislators and medical people alike free rein to manipulate them at will. His analysis impels the reader to revaluate the Enlightenment concept of humanism. By drawing on a variety of sources, the author shows how the anthropology of Enlightenment and revolutionary France often conflicts with concurrent discourses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\"Martin should be commended for finding a niche in this vast literature and managing to say something original ... His book is worth reading because it reminds us of an important aspect of Enlightenment thinking, one that questioned the freedom of the will.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  · H-France\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\"... strongly recommended for specialists and advanced scholars of the period.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  · History: Review of New Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\"... a valuable contribution to the institutional history of the Jacobin clubs.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  · Canadian Journal of History\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tForeword\u003cbr\u003e \tNotes on Translation\u003cbr\u003e \tAbbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/b\u003e Human Nature\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/b\u003e Helvèticus and d'Holbach\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/b\u003e Voltaire\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/b\u003e Rousseau\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/b\u003e Pedagogy and Politics\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/b\u003e Mirabeau, Sieyès\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/b\u003e The Audacity of the Philanthropists\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/b\u003e Robespierre\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/b\u003e Making an Impression\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/b\u003e Cabanis and Destutt de Tracy\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/b\u003e La Rèvellière-Lèpeaux and Leclerc\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/b\u003e Supervised Sovereignty\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 13.\u003c\/b\u003e Mme de Staël and Constant\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 14.\u003c\/b\u003e Bonaparte \u003ci\u003eIdeologue\u003c\/i\u003e?\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 15.\u003c\/b\u003e The Napoleonic Code\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eConclusion\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041419067735,"sku":"9781571814159","price":26.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781571814159.jpg?v=1750950197","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/human-nature-and-the-french-revolution-from-the-enlightenment-to-the-napoleonic-code-9781571814159","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}