Royalist Political Thought During the French Revolution (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780313294419)

This book treats two basic subjects: (1) royalist explanations of the causes of the French Revolution, and (2) royalist defenses of royalist political positions. The royalists began with a simplistic conspiracy theory of history--the Old Regime was right. But then they came up with increasingly sophisticated explanations, thereby making an important contribution to historical explanation. In political thought, they eventually offered a tempered defense of the Old Regime, a call for political elitism in the face of the chaos unleashed by the Revolution, and an early explanation of the organic theory of history, a true contribution to political thought.

Author: James L. Osen
ISBN-10: 0313294410
ISBN-13: 9780313294419
Publisher: Praeger
Language: English
Published: 01/24/1995
Pages: 168
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 9.59h x 6.38w x 0.73d