Human Nature and the French Revolution

Human Nature and the French RevolutionWhat 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

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Myers argues they reconciled these conflicting views through nature nostalgia

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Geoffrey soon discovers Lucio’s true identity and must choose between the fruits of the spirit and desires of the flesh

and whether we would be better off resorting to the exercise of authority

Together these papers demonstrate the many ways in which this important text can be used to shed light on a wide range of historical problems

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Through analyses of specific historical processes in terms of responses to socio-economic and political change

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