Fair Shares for All: Jacobin Egalitarianism in Practice
by Jean-Pierre Gross
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New. This study explores the egalitarian policies pursued in the provinces during the radical phase of the French Revolution, but moves away from the habit of looking at such issues in terms of the Terror alone. It challenges revisionist readings of Jacobinism that dwell on its totalitarian potential or portray it as dangerously utopian. The mainstream Jacobin agenda emphasised 'fair shares' and equal opportunities for all in a private ownership market economy. It sought to achieve social justice without jeopardising human rights and tended thus to complement, rather than undermine, the liberal, individualist programme of the Revolution. The book stresses the relevance of the 'Enlightenment legacy', the close affinity between Girondins and Montagnards, the key role played by many lesser-known figures and the moral ascendancy of Robespierre. It reassesses the basic social and economic issues at stake in the Revolution, which cannot be understood solely in terms of political discourse.
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- Fair Shares for All: Jacobin Egalitarianism in Practice
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- Jean-Pierre Gross
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- New New
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0521563186
- ISBN 13
- 9780521563185
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- Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- This edition first published
- 1997-01
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