TY  - GEN
T1  - Citizens without sovereignty : equality and sociability in French thought, 1670-1789
T2  - Princeton legacy library.
A1  - Gordon, Daniel, 1961-
LA  - English
PP  - Princeton, N.J.
PB  - Princeton University Press
YR  - 2017
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn973760178
AB  - In a wide-ranging interpretation of French thought in the years 1670-1789, Daniel Gordon takes us through the literature of manners and moral philosophy, theology and political theory, universal history and economics to show how French thinkers sustained a sense of liberty and dignity within an authoritarian regime. A penetrating critique of those who exaggerate either the radicalism of the Enlightenment or the hegemony of the absolutist state, his book documents the invention of an ethos that was neither democratic nor absolutist, an ethos that idealized communication and private life. The key to this ethos was "sociability," and Gordon offers the first detailed study of the language and ideas that gave this concept its meaning in the Old Regime. Citizens without Sovereignty provides a wealth of information about the origins and usage of key words, such as société and sociabilité, in French thought. From semantic fields of meaning, Gordon goes on to consider institutional fields of action. Focusing on the ubiquitous idea of "society" as a depoliticized sphere of equality, virtue, and aesthetic cultivation, he marks out the philosophical space that lies between the idea of democracy and the idea of the royal police state. Within this space, Gordon reveals the channels of creative action that are open to citizens without sovereignty--citizens who have no right to self-government. His work is thus a contribution to general historical sociology as well as French intellectual history.
OP  - 270
CN  - DC33.4 .G62 2017eb
SN  - 1400887372
SN  - 9781400887378
SN  - 9780691629612
SN  - 0691629617
SN  - 9780691607733
SN  - 0691607737
SN  - 0691056994
SN  - 9780691056999
KW  - France : Intellectual life : 18th century.
KW  - France : Intellectual life : 17th century.
KW  - Enlightenment.
KW  - Despotism : Social aspects : France.
KW  - French language : Social aspects : France.
KW  - France : Intellectual life.
KW  - Siècle des Lumières.
KW  - Despotisme : Aspect social : France.
KW  - Français (Langue) : Aspect social : France.
KW  - France : Vie intellectuelle.
KW  - France : Vie intellectuelle : 18e siècle.
KW  - France : Vie intellectuelle : 17e siècle.
KW  - Enlightenment (18th-century western movement)
KW  - HISTORY : Europe : France.
KW  - Despotism : Social aspects
KW  - Enlightenment
KW  - French language : Social aspects
KW  - Intellectual life
KW  - France
KW  - Politisches Denken
KW  - Frankreich
KW  - Sociabiliteit (sociale wetenschappen)
KW  - Sociale gelijkheid.
KW  - Verlichting (cultuurgeschiedenis)
KW  - Égalité : France : Histoire.
KW  - Nationalité : France : Histoire.
KW  - Despotisme éclairé : Aspect social.
KW  - Relations humaines.
KW  - Mouvement des Lumières : France.
KW  - Français (langue) : 18e siècle : Aspect social.
KW  - Despotisme : France : Aspect social.
KW  - Français (langue) : 17e siècle : Aspect social.
KW  - Mouvement des Lumières.
KW  - 1600-1799
KW  - Electronic books.
ER  -