Citizens Without Sovereignty: Equality and Sociability in French Thought, 1670-1789

by Daniel Gordon

Book Overview

In a wide-ranging interpretation of French thought in the years 1670-1789, Daniel Gordon takes us through the literature of manners and moral philosophy, theology and political theory, universal history and economics to show how French thinkers sustained a sense of liberty and dignity within an authoritarian regime. A penetrating critique of those who exaggerate either the radicalism of the Enlightenment or the hegemony of the absolutist state,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691607737
• ISBN13: 9780691607733
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"