The Abbé Grégoire and his World

Author:   R.H. Popkin
Publisher:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
Volume:   169
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9789401057905


Pages:   200
Publication Date:   05 October 2012
Format:   Paperback
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A distinguished group of international scholars from the disciplines of history, philosophy, literature and art history offer a reconsideration of the ideas and the impact of the abbé Henri Grégoire, one of the most important figures of the French Revolution and a contributor to the campaigns for Jewish emancipation, rights for blacks, the reform of the Catholic Church and many other causes

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Author:   R.H. Popkin
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
Volume:   169
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.360kg
ISBN:  

9789401057905


ISBN 10:   9401057907
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   05 October 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Essay 1 / Grégoire and the Anthropology of Emancipation.- Essay 2 / The Abbé Grégoire’s Program for the Jews: Social Reform and Spiritual Project.- Essay 3 / The Abbé Grégoire and the Société des Amis des Noirs.- Essay 4 / Exporting the Revolution: Grégoire, Haiti and the Colonial Laboratory, 1815-1827.- Essay 5 / The Abbé Grégoire and the Quest for a Catholic Republic.- Essay 6 / Tearing Down the Tower of Babel: Grégoire and French Multilingualism.- Essay 7 / The Paradoxes of Vandalism: Henri Grégoire and the Thermidorian Discourse on Historical Monuments.- Essay 8 / Grégoire’s American Involvements.- Essay 9 / Grégoire as Autobiographer.- Afterword / Discovering the Abbé Grégoire.

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`Altogether this is an important and useful collection which underlines how unjustly neglected this fascinating figure has been until recently.' William Doyle, University of Bristol in English Historical Review, 117:473 (2002) `[...]the Abbé Grégoire and His World will become required reading for all those who seek to understand the Revolution, its protagonists, and our indebtedness to both.' Frances Malino, Wellesley College in Journal of the History of Philosophy, 40:2 (2002)


'Altogether this is an important and useful collection which underlines how unjustly neglected this fascinating figure has been until recently.' William Doyle, University of Bristol in English Historical Review, 117:473 (2002) '[...]the Abbe Gregoire and His World will become required reading for all those who seek to understand the Revolution, its protagonists, and our indebtedness to both.' Frances Malino, Wellesley College in Journal of the History of Philosophy, 40:2 (2002)


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