Ideological History of the French Revolution: from "the Rights of Man" to Robespierre's Revolutionary Concepts
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In the history of human thought, perhaps no period is more dazzling than the French Revolution. However, in recent decades, historians who have studied the French Revolution believe that the French Revolution was inspired and shaped by political, economic, cultural and various social forces, ignoring abstract concepts such as freedom and equality. In this book, Jonathan Israel, an important historian of the Enlightenment, uses revolutionary thought as a basis and uses various thoughts and schools during the French Revolution as the basis for explaining and discussing the origin, development, and end of the French Revolution. He shows readers how revolutionary thought emerged from the radical ideological trends of the 18th century and how it divided the leaders of the revolution into fiercely conflicting camps. Jonathan Israel conducted an in-depth analysis of the differences between French political elites who held different revolutionary thoughts. The blending and collision of human thoughts jointly outline the magnificent historical picture of the French Revolution.
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