Condorcet: Political Writings
Part of Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
- Editors:
- Steven Lukes
- Nadia Urbinati
- Date Published: April 2012
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- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781107021013
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Nicolas de Condorcet (1743–1794), the innovating founder of mathematical thinking in politics, was the last great philosophe of the French Enlightenment and a central figure in the early years of the French Revolution. His political writings give a compelling vision of human progress across world history and express the hopes of that time in the future perfectibility of man. This volume contains a revised translation of 'The Sketch', written while in hiding from the Jacobin Terror, together with lesser-known writings on the emancipation of women, the abolition of slavery, the meanings of freedom and despotism and reflections on revolutionary violence. The introduction by Steven Lukes and Nadia Urbinati sets these works in context and shows why Condorcet is of real interest today as we reinterpret the meaning of Enlightenment, the very idea of progress and the founding ideas of social democracy.
Read more- A new, revised translation of the political writings of the last great philosophe of the French Enlightenment and a central figure in the early years of the French Revolution
- Edited by two of the world's leading political scientists, who provide a contextual introduction
- A chronology of Condorcet's life and a list of further reading are included as aids to the reader
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- Date Published: April 2012
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781107021013
- length: 262 pages
- dimensions: 223 x 142 x 17 mm
- weight: 0.47kg
- availability: Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
Table of Contents
Editors' introduction
Published works by Condorcet
Suggestions for further reading
Principal events in Condorcet's life
Notes on the texts
1. The Sketch
2. On slavery
3. On the emancipation of women
4. On despotism
5. On freedom
6. On revolution
7. Advice to his daughter and testament
Index.Instructors have used or reviewed this title for the following courses
- Enlightenment and Its Critics
- Philosophy of Conservatism
- Philosophy of History
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