Condorcet and Modernity |
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| Author:
| Williams, David |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-04464-6 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2007 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $86.95 |
Book Description:
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The Marquis de Condorcet was one of the few Enlightenment thinkers to witness, and indeed participate in, the French Revolution. Based on an extensive array of both printed and manuscript sources, Condorcet and Modernity is the first full treatment of Condorcet's politics to appear in English for a generation, and a major contribution to Enlightenment studies from one of its most distinguished practitioners. David Williams explores the complex links between Condorcet as visionary...
More DescriptionThe Marquis de Condorcet was one of the few Enlightenment thinkers to witness, and indeed participate in, the French Revolution. Based on an extensive array of both printed and manuscript sources, Condorcet and Modernity is the first full treatment of Condorcet's politics to appear in English for a generation, and a major contribution to Enlightenment studies from one of its most distinguished practitioners. David Williams explores the complex links between Condorcet as visionary ideologist and Condorcet as pragmatic legislator, and between Condorcet's concept of modernity and the management of change.