The Social Origins of Popular Nationalism in Syria

Evidence for a New Framework

Bibliographic Data

ID8966965
AuthorsJames L Gelvin (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, corresponding author)
Year1994
Volume26
Issue4
Pages645-661
Publication date1994-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0020743800061158
OpenAlexW2051711722
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited29

In his Interpreting the French Revolution , François Furet defines political sociability as the “specific mode of organizing the relations between citizens (or subjects) and power, as well as among citizens (or subjects) themselves in relation to power.” According to Furet, shifts from one form of political sociability to another can and do take place, particularly during periods of comprehensive economic, political, and social change. One such period preceded the events of 1789 when, as an unintended consequence of state building and economic development under the ancien régime, a democratic/horizontal political sociability increasingly replaced the hierarchic/ vertical political sociability that had previously ordered French society

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