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Human nature and the French Revolution : from the Enlightenment to the Napoleonic Code /

"What view of man did the French Revolutionaries hold? Anyone who purports to be interested in the "Rights of Man" could be expected to see this question as crucial and yet, surprisingly, it is rarely raised. Through his work as a legal historian, Xavier Martin came to realize that th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Martin, Xavier
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2001.
Colección:Polygons ; v. 3.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"What view of man did the French Revolutionaries hold? Anyone who purports to be interested in the "Rights of Man" could be expected to see this question as crucial and yet, surprisingly, it is rarely raised. Through his work as a legal historian, Xavier Martin came to realize that there is no unified view of man and that, alongside the "official" revolutionary discourse, very divergent views can be traced in a variety of sources from the Enlightenment to the napoleonic Code."--Jacket
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 292 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-283) and index.
ISBN:9781782381709
1782381708