Citizenship and Order: Studies in French Political Thought

by Richard Vernon

Book Overview

The citizen, a figure capable of self-government is both the political and the personal sense, is a central and enduring theme of political thought. The role of the citizen in the modern state was question raised persistently by French political theorists from Rousseau on, as they sought new principles of legitimacy to replace those of the ancient regime. Richard Vernon's studies in this volume examine a series of moments in French political thought...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487585446
• ISBN13: 9781487585440
• Release Date: December 1986
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher