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OverviewDepuis l’ouvrage de John Pocock, The Machiavellian Moment. Florentine Political Thought and the Atlantic Tradition (1975), on connaît l’importance de James Harrington dans la pensée politique anglo-américaine à la période moderne. Parce qu’au-delà de l’acte de résistance à la tyrannie, il promeut la démocratie et propose les moyens constitutionnels de mettre en œuvre la souveraineté populaire dans un pays de vaste étendue, Harrington a incarné une forme distinctive de républicanisme. En retraçant l’histoire de sa réception dans la France des Lumières, cet ouvrage a pour but de combler un hiatus entre le grand récit pocockien du républicanisme machiavélien et l’historiographie de la Révolution française. En cela, il s’inscrit dans le panorama brossé en 2010 par l’historienne Rachel Hammersley, et va au-delà. D’une part, il accorde à Hume, Jaucourt ou Rousseau, aux côtés de ses nombreux traducteurs et commentateurs, un rôle central dans l’actualisation de la pensée de Harrington. D’autre part, il montre que son héritage intellectuel fut pluriel. Celui-ci n’est en effet pas seulement l’inspirateur de dispositions constitutionnelles spécifiques : à l’heure où se développe l’économie politique, Harrington apparaît comme le penseur d’une égalité relative des fortunes, perçue comme la seule base possible d’un ordre politique stable. -- John Pocock’s book The Machiavellian Moment. Florentine Political Thought and the Atlantic Tradition (1975) has shown the importance of James Harrington in Anglo-American modern political thought. Beyond the act of resistance to tyranny, he vindicates democracy and provides the constitutional means for implementing popular sovereignty in a vast country. In doing so, Harrington has incarnated a distinctive form of republicanism. By reconstructing the history of his reception in eighteenth century France, this book aims to bridge the gap between the great Pocockian narrative of Machiavellian republicanism and the historiography of the French Revolution. It is set against the panorama offered by Rachel Hammersley in 2010 and aims to go further. On the one hand, it shows how central Hume, Jaucourt or Rousseau have been in reviving Harrington’s thought, along with his numerous translators and commentators. On the other hand, it shows that his intellectual legacy was diverse. He did not only stand as the inspirer of specific constitutional measures: as political economy developed, Harrington also appeared as the theoretician of a relative equality of wealth among the people, perceived by many as the true basis of a stable political order. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Myriam-Isabelle DucrocqPublisher: Liverpool University Press Imprint: Voltaire Foundation Volume: 2022:12 ISBN: 9781802070606ISBN 10: 1802070605 Pages: 368 Publication Date: 12 December 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print ![]() This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews‘This work is a significant contribution to the study of Franco-British intellectual exchanges during the “long eighteenth century”. The material presentation, as always at the Voltaire Foundation, is impeccable, and the detailed table summarizing the “Elements of comparative chronology” proves very useful. This book expands our knowledge of foreign sources for the French Revolution. It will be of interest, beyond Anglicists, to historians and philosophers specializing in Great Britain as well as the French Enlightenment and the Revolution.’ Remy Duthille, XVII-XVIII Author InformationMyriam-Isabelle Ducrocq est Maître de conférences à l'Université de Paris Nanterre. Ses travaux portent sur la pensée politique anglaise moderne et plus particulièrement sur le républicanisme anglais et sa réception dans la France du dix-huitième siècle. Elle est l'auteur d'une monographie: Aux Sources de la démocratie anglaise. De Thomas Hobbes à John Locke (Presses du Septentrion, 2012). -- Myriam-Isabelle Ducrocq is Senior Lecturer at the University of Paris Nanterre. Her research has focused on modern political thought and more particularly on English republicanism and its reception in eighteenth century France. She has authored a monograph: Aux Sources de la démocratie anglaise. De Thomas Hobbes à John Locke (Presses du Septentrion, 2012). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |