The Impact of the French Revolution: Texts from Britain in the 1790s (Cambridge Readings in the History of Political Thought, Series Number 2)

The French Revolution embodied the emergence of the modern political world in the eyes of subsequent generations. It offered a new understanding of class politics, secular ideology, and revolutionary transformation which inspired the world-wide Communist experiment of the twentieth century. Iain Hampsher-Monk examines the variety, influence, and profundity of major thinkers such as Burke, Wollstonecraft, Paine and Godwin, as well as the impact of other less celebrated writers in this authoritative anthology of key political texts exploring the impact of this period on the British experience. "In this authoritative anthology of key political texts exploring the impact of this period on the British experience, Iain Hampsher-Monk examines the variety, influence and profundity of major thinkers such as Burke, Wollstonecraft, Paine and Godwin, along with the impact of other less celebrated contemporary writers." "This anthology is intended for tutors and students (at all levels from first-year undergraduate upwards) wishing to study the political theories generated in Britain by the Revolution: not only ideals such as liberty but more pervasive political principles such as secularism and individualism emerged during this turbulent period. The writings anthologised here are excerpted in such a way as to maintain the coherence and line of thought throughout each work, and thus students are shown whole arguments, and not merely isolated 'ideas'. The Impact of the French Revolution will be an important resource in its own right, and a major teaching tool for courses on the revolutionary period, the history of ideas, and political thought."--Jacket

an Anthology Of Key Political Texts Exploring The Impact Of The French Revolution On The British Experience.

The French Revolution has been regarded by subsequent generations as the emergence of the modern political world. xi, 353 pages : 26 cm Includes bibliographical references and index