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The Politics of Virtue in Enlightenment France
M. Linton
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Paperback. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; JFCX; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
269
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Modern History
Number of Pages
258
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349663873
SKU
V9781349663873
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99-15
About M. Linton
MARISA LINTON is a Senior Lecturer in History at Kingston University, London. She has published numerous articles, including work on the political ideas of Robespierre, on religious toleration in Enlightenment France, on the origins of the French Revolution, and on women in the Paris Commune of 1871.
Reviews for The Politics of Virtue in Enlightenment France
'...the indispensable introduction to the subject.' - Johnson Kent Wright, H-France '...an instructive analysis of the evoloution of one flexible and influential concept but also illustrated larger themes...' - Jeffrey Merrick, American Historical Review