Republicanism after the French Revolution
The Case of Sismonde de Sismondi
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5306232 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nadia Urbinati (0000-0002-1207-3181, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 95-109 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the History of Ideas (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-5037 • E-ISSN: 1086-3222 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/jhi.2012.0006 |
| OpenAlex | W2030142700 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
Sismonde de Sismondi was perhaps the most prominent promoter of a republican theory of liberty and the government after the collapse of eighteenth-century republicanism with the Terror. In revisiting Sismondi's ideas this article shows how the French Revolution and the advent of capitalism changed the nature of republicanism without obliterating it. Contra contemporary neo-roman republicanism, we can see through Sismondi that it was not the priority of individual interests and liberty that troubled modern republicans the most. What challenged it was instead the growth of a society that praised political equality and legitimacy by electoral consent and made virtue and honor negligible. Sismondi thought that, if not tamed, the democratic transformation of society would threaten liberty, individual as well as political
Political science · European Political History Analysis · Historical and Literary Studies · Philosophy · Political Theory and Influence
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2020 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |