The Politics of Virtue in Enlightenment France
by
M. Linton
Book Details
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Studies in Modern History
ISBN-10
0333949595
ISBN-13
9780333949597
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 5th, 2001
Print length
258 Pages
Weight
492 grams
Dimensions
14.60 x 22.30 x 2.50 cms
Product Classification:
European historyModern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900History of ideas
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This is the first study to focus on the idea of virtue and its place in political thought in eighteenth-century France. There is also consideration of the ways in which numerous popular writers of the day, including clerics, eulogists, journalists, novelists and lawyers, employed the idea of virtue in polemical discussions in their writings.
This is the first study to focus on the idea of virtue and its place in political thought in eighteenth-century France. Virtue could be used to impart moral authority to arguments about political power. The development of this strategic idea is traced through the works of key Enlightenment thinkers. There is also consideration of the ways in which numerous popular writers of the day, including clerics, eulogists, journalists, novelists and lawyers, employed the idea of virtue in polemical discussions in their writings.
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