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| French Revolution: The French Revolution was a period of radical social and political change in France that began in 1789 and ended in 1799. It was an event in world history that overthrew the French monarchy and established the First French Republic._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Auguste Comte on French Revolution - Dictionary of Arguments
Gaus I 385 French Revolution/Comte/Plant: One of the more complex responses to the French Revolution was to be found in the writings of Auguste Comte, the positivist philosopher. He took the view that the Revolution was a destructive force and that it did not have the capacity to construct anything out of what it had destroyed. His account of the Revolution was embedded within his overall theory or philosophy of history for which he claimed scientific sanction. History/Comte: His view was that history passed through three stages: the theological, the metaphysical, and the scientific or positivist age which we are now entering. Morality and politics would be emancipated from theology and meta- physics and would be grounded in physical science. Education/religion/Comte: This would form the basis of a common educational system and would also constitute a new religion of humanity that, because it was based on the universality of science, could be shared by all (Comte, 1998)(1). VsComte: By putting man, the grand étre, at the centre of his thought, he ensured that other Counter-Enlightenment French Catholic thinkers regarded his work as satanic. >Positivism, >Education, >Religion, >Politics, >Enlightenment. 1. Comte, A. (1998) Early Political Writings. Cambridge: Cambridge Umversity Press. Plant, Raymond 2004. „European Political Thought in the Nineteenth Century“. In: Gaus, Gerald F. & Kukathas, Chandran 2004. Handbook of Political Theory. SAGE Publications_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Comte I A. Comte Cours de Philosophie Positive (Ed.1830) New York 2012 Gaus I Gerald F. Gaus Chandran Kukathas Handbook of Political Theory London 2004 |
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