History of the Thought of the French Revolution

Redefining the French Revolution on the basis of radical Enlightenment ideas

Reproduce the ups and downs of the ups and downs with the integration and collision of ideas

◎ Editor's Choice

☆Taking time as the context, deeply explored the various political ideas and factions that were constantly in conflict during the French Revolution, and thus analyzed in detail their many influences on France and other European countries;

☆The content is solid and original, and the exposition is bold and incisive, outlining the magnificent historical picture of the French Revolution;

☆Excellently summarizes predecessors' academic achievements on the French Revolution, provides little-known historical details of the main leaders of the revolution, and inspires new debates on this topic;

☆The author of this book, Jonathan Israel, has been deeply involved in the history of political thought for a long time, and has worked in many universities and research institutions in Europe and the United States. His academic influence and status are self-evident, and his works are numerous;

☆2015 American Professional and Academic Outstanding Publishing Award/Winner of European and World History Category

◎ Introduction

Perhaps no period in the history of human thought has been more dazzling than that of the French Revolution. However, in recent decades, historians who study the French Revolution believe that the French Revolution was inspired and shaped by political, economic, cultural and various social forces, ignoring abstract concepts such as freedom and equality. In this book, as an important historian of the Enlightenment, Jonathan Israel takes revolutionary thought as a standpoint and uses various thoughts and schools of thought during the French Revolution as a basis for explaining and discussing the origin, development and end of the French Revolution. The basis, showing readers how revolutionary ideas emerged from the radical thoughts of the 18th century, and how to divide the revolutionary leaders into fiercely conflicting camps, Jonathan Israel's analysis of the French political elite with different revolutionary ideas The differences between them were analyzed in depth. The fusion and collision of human thoughts jointly outlined the magnificent historical picture of the French Revolution.

◎ Media recommendation

Israel, the leading scholar on the eighteenth-century Enlightenment, presents a bold and incisive argument that the French Revolution of 1789 was driven by a conflict between new political doctrines that either supported or questioned the Enlightenment. --"Financial Times"

Readers will be impressed by this vivid account of the revolutionary ideas that shaped the French Revolution and its people, the social forces political ideas can unleash, and the leadership required to resist the vagaries of public opinion. .

—— "The New Statesman"

A masterpiece, a rich and engaging work that leads us to think and challenge accepted wisdom.

——"European History Quarterly"

impressive.

——The Times

Rich in detail, Israel uses this work to shed a new light on the Enlightenment, particularly what he calls the radical Enlightenment.

——New Rotterdam Handelsblatt

Erudite and passionate, this is an exciting, bold, worthy and courageous work that should reach a wider audience. This book fundamentally redefines the concept of the French Revolution. Jonathan Israel argues that revolutionary ideas led to the French Revolution, drove it forward, and constituted its essence. Israel provides a wealth of detail about little-known but fascinating figures in the radical wing of the revolutionary leadership.

—Helena Rosenblatt, CUNY Graduate School

No other book can compare with this one. This book is both an excellent summary of the research of the last century and a new round of discussion about this important revolution. —William Doyle, author of The Oxford History of the French Revolution