Condorcet
Subtitle: political writings
By: [edited by] Steven Lukes, Nadia Urbinati
Contributors: Lukes, Steven; Urbinati, Nadia, 1955-
Series: Cambridge texts in the history of political thought
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9781107021013; 9781107605398
Subjects: Early works to 1800; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General; Political science
Other titles: Political writings
Work titles: Selections
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 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.