Rousseau and the French Revolution 1762-1791 (University of London Historical Studies XVII)

207 Pages·1965·9.399 MB·English

by  Joan MCdonald

ROUSSEAU AND THE
FRENCH REVOLUTION
1762–1791
Bloomsbury Academic Collections: Philosophy
This collection of 14 key works from the archives of Athlone Press, one of the most
prestigious publishers of philosophy during the period 1960–1990, represents the most
interesting and classic titles from their list.
The titles in this collection include seminal studies of, among others, Spinoza, Rousseau,
Kepler, Mill, Wittgenstein and Sartre, and range inter alia across the philosophy of
science, cosmology, politics, revolution, value and education.
The collection is available both in e-book and print versions.
Other titles in the series include:
Benedict de Spinoza: The Elements of his Philosophy, H. F. Hallett
Conditions of Rational Inquiry: A Study in the Philosophy of Value, David Pole
French Free-Thought from Gassendi to Voltaire, J. S. Spink
James Mill on Philosophy and Education, W. H. Burston
Kepler’s Geometrical Cosmology, J. V. Field
Mach’s Philosophy of Science, J. Bradley
On Being Sure in Religion, Ian T. Ramsey
Rousseau and the French Revolution 1762-1791, Joan McDonald
Sartre: A Philosophical Study, Anthony Manser
Teaching Business Ethics in the UK, Europe and the USA: A Comparative Study,
Jack Mahoney
The Later Philosophy of Wittgenstein, David Pole
The Need for Interpretation: Contemporary Conceptions of the Philosopher’s Task,
Edited by Sollace Mitchell and Michael Rosen
W. R. Matthews: Philosopher and Theologian, H. P. Owen
ROUSSEAU AND THE
FRENCH REVOLUTION
1762–1791
Joan McDonald
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University London Historical Studies
XVII
UNIVERSITY OF LONDON HISTORICAL STUDIES
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H u G H TINKER lie Foundations of Local Self-Government in India,
Pakistan and Burma. I 954
I I. AVROM SALTMAN, Theobald, Archbishop of Canterbury. 1<g56
111. R . F . L E s LI E . Polish Politics and the Revolution of November 1830. 1956
IV. w . N . ME D L I COTT. Bismarck, Gladstone, andthe Concert of lhope. I 956
v. J o H N LY N c H .S panish ColonialA dministration, 1782-181 0: The Intendant
System in the Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata. 1958
VI. F . H. w . s H E P P AR D . Local Government in St. Matylebone, 1688-1835.
'958
VII. R. L . GREAVE s . Persia and the DGfkue of India, 184-18y. I 959
VIII. M. J. SYDENHAM. The Girondins. 1961
IX. MARGARET HOW E L L . Regalian Right in Medieval England. I 962
X. N . M . SUT H E R L A N D . The French Secretaries of State in the Age of
Catherine de Medici. I 962
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XI. G w Y N A. w I L L I A M s Medieval London: from Commune to Capital. I 963
XII. c H A R L E s D u G G A N . Twelfth-century Decretal Collections and their
Importance in English History. 1963
XIII. R . F . L E s L I E . Reform and Insurrection in Russian Poland 14j665. I 963
XIV. J. A. s . GRENVILLE . Lord Salisbury and Foreign Policy. 1964
xv. P . w . J . RILEY. The English Ministers and Scotland, 1707-27. 1964
XVI. J . P B o s H E R , The Single Duty Project. r 964
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XVII. JOAN MCD o N ALD Rousseau and the French Revolution, 1762-1791.
1965.
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FRENCH REVOLUTION
1762-1 791
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Rousseau and the
French Revolution
1762–1791
by
JOAN McDONALD
UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
THE ATHLONE PRESS