An Intellectual History of the French Revolution from The Rights of Man to Robespierre
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New in paperback, this history restores the central role of the radical ideas of the Enlightenment as central to the French Revolution. 'Bold and brilliantly argued' }Financial Times Historians of the French Revolution used to take for granted what was also obvious to its contemporary observers--that the Revolution was shaped by the radical ideas of the Enlightenment. Yet in recent decades, scholars have argued that the Revolution was brought about by social forces, politics, economics, or culture--almost anything but abstract
