Buch, Englisch, 262 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 564 g
An Intellectual History of Jean-Baptiste Say's Political Economy
Buch, Englisch, 262 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 564 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-924115-6
Verlag: OUP Oxford
Republicanism and the French Revolution reassesses Jean-Baptiste Say's political economy by locating the author's ideas amidst the intellectual upheavals of Old Regime and revolutionary France. Traditionally Say has been portrayed as a rather staid figure, the archetypal liberal and classical political economist devoted to Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations. This study reveals the historic Say to have been altogether different; a passionate and committed republican intellectual and French patriot, he was as opposed to Britain's constitution, commerce, and political culture as he was to Bonaparte's First Empire.
The relationship between Say's political thought and political economy, evinced in the full range of his writings from 1789 to 1832, is scrutinized for the first time, elucidating the true origins of his republicanism. This derived from a rich seam of political speculation among French and Genevan radicals concerning the possibility of transforming large and corrupt monarchies into modern republics whose political culture was characterized by commerce and virtue. By the 1790s such ideas had come to define the French Revolution itself, at once promising to restore French greatness and replace Britain as the leading cultural force in Europe. Say looked back to such luminaries as Diderot, Gibbon, and Franklin as members of the modern republican Pantheon and dedicated his life to formulating a political economy that would persuade legislators and ordinary citizens to embrace the republican creed.
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Fachgebiete
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Revolutionäre Gruppen und Bewegungen, Bewaffnete Konflikte
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Geschichte der VWL
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Geschichte der Revolutionen Französische Revolution
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Sozialismus
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftstheorie, Wirtschaftsphilosophie
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
Weitere Infos & Material
- Part I. Reinterpreting Say
- 1: The J.-B. Say problem
- 2: Republicanism and political economy
- Part II The Intellectual Context of Say's Ideas
- 3: The political economy of French decline
- 4: The republican turn in France, 1776-1789
- 5: Revolution and the political economy of Terror
- Part III Republican Political Economy
- 6: Say's republicanism, 1794-1798
- 7: The idea of a Traité d'économie politique
- 8: Defending republican manners
- 9: Restoring French glory
- Part IV Republican Political Economy in Conditions of Monarchy
- 10: Rejecting the post-war settlement
- 11: 'Social science in its entirety'
- 12: Conclusion
