Revolution and the Republic

Jeremy Jennings previously held posts at the universities of Swansea and Birmingham. In 2006 he was Vincent Wright Professor at the Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques in Paris and in 2007 was made a Chevalier in the Ordre des Palmes Académiques for services rendered to French culture. Professor Jennings has published extensively on the history of political thought in France, the role of intellectuals in politics, and the history of socialism. He has recently published articles in the American Political Science Review, the Review of Politics and the Journal of the History of Ideas.

• 1. Introduction: Revolution and the Republic ; 2. Rights, Liberty, and Equality ; 3. Absolutism, Representation, and the Constitution ; 4. Sovereignty, the Social Contract, and Luxury ; 5. Commerce, Usurpation, and Democracy ; 6. Universalism, the Nation, and Defeat ; 7. History, Revolution, and Terror ; 8. Religion, Enlightenment, and Reaction ; 9. Positivism, Science, and Philosophy ; 10. Insurrection, Utopianism, and Socialism ; 11. France, Intellectuals, and Engagement ; 12. Conclusion: Citizenship, Multiculturalism, and Republicanism

This review article cannot do justice to the breadth of commentary provided in this book. Particularly useful are the concise and clear summaries that Jennings gives of the primary sources, as well as the historiographical pointers he provides. This is likely to remain the main general work of reference on modern French intellectual debate for interested Anglophone readers.