La Republique de Harrington dans la France des Lumieres et de la Revolution

Parce qu’au-delà de l’acte de résistance à la tyrannie, il promeut la démocratie et propose les moyens constitutionnels de mettre en œuvre la souveraineté populaire dans un pays de vaste étendue, Harrington a incarné une forme distinctive de républicanisme.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 368 pages
Publication date: 12 December 2022
Publisher: Liverpool University Press

reception in the France of the Enlightenment, this book aims to bridge a gap between the grand narrative of Pocock's Machiavellian republicanism and the historiography of the French Revolution. In this regard, it aligns with the broader perspective outlined in 2010 by historian Rachel Hammersley, and goes beyond it. On the one hand, it grants Hume, Jaucourt, or Rousseau, along with their numerous translators and commentators, a central role in the actualization of Harrington's thought. On the other hand, it demonstrates that his intellectual legacy was multifaceted. Indeed, Harrington's thinking is not limited to inspiring specific constitutional provisions: as political economy develops, Harrington emerges as the thinker of relative fortune equality, seen as the sole basis for a stable political order.

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781802070606