Condorcet: Political Writings

Name: Condorcet: Political Writings
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ISBN: 9781107605398

ISBN-10: 1107605393

ISBN-13: 9781107605398

Edition: 2012

Authors: Steven Lukes, Nadia Urbinati

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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…

Book details

List price: $47.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 4/19/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 262
Size: 5.47" wide x 8.50" long x 0.43" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Editors' introduction


Published works by Condorcet


Suggestions for further reading


Principal events in Condorcet's life


Notes on the texts



The Sketch



On slavery



On the emancipation of women



On despotism



On freedom



On revolution



Advice to his daughter and testament


Index