The politics of virtue in Enlightenment France / Marisa Linton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Linton, Marisa, 1959-

Series:

Studies in modern history (Palgrave (Firm))

Studies in modern history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political ethics--France--History--18th century.

Political ethics.

History.

France--Politics and government--1715-1774.

France.

Politics and government.

France--Politics and government--1774-1793.

France--Intellectual life--18th century.

Local Subjects:

France--Intellectual life--18th century.

Physical Description:

xi, 258 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, 2001.

Summary:

This is the first study to focus on the idea of virtue and its place in political thought in 18th-century France. Virtue could be used to impart moral authority to arguments about political power. The development of this strategic idea is traced through the works of key Enlightenment thinkers. There is also consideration of the ways in which numerous popular writers of the day, including clerics, eulogists, journalists, novelists and lawyers, employed the idea of virtue in polemical discussions in their writings.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-244) and index.

ISBN:

0333949595

OCLC:

46634347