| Condorcet and Modernity Contributor(s): Williams, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521841399 ISBN-13: 9780521841399 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2004 Annotation: David Williams explores the complex links between Condorcet as visionary ideologist and pragmatic legislator, and between his concept of modernity and the management of change. The Marquis de Condorcet was one of the few Enlightenment thinkers to witness and participate in the French Revolution. Based on an extensive array of printed and original manuscript sources, Williams' analysis of Condorcet's politics will be a major contribution to Enlightenment studies. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - General - Philosophy | Political - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
| Dewey: 320.01 |
| LCCN: 2004045117 |
| Physical Information: 0.97" H x 6.36" W x 9.3" (1.12 lbs) 320 pages |
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Contributor Bio(s): Williams, David: - David Williams is Emeritus Professor of French in the University of Sheffield. A leading scholar of enlightenment France, in 1999 he was made Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Academiques by the French government. |
