The Abbé Grégoire and his World

A distinguished group of international scholars from the disciplines of history, philosophy, literature and art history offer a reconsideration of the ideas and the impact of the abbé Henri Grégoire, one of the most important figures of the French Revolution and a contributor to the campaigns for Je...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Popkin, R.H. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2000, 2000
Edition:1st ed. 2000
Series:International Archives of the History of Ideas Archives internationales d'histoire des idées
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Essay 1 / Grégoire and the Anthropology of Emancipation
  • Essay 2 / The Abbé Grégoire’s Program for the Jews: Social Reform and Spiritual Project
  • Essay 3 / The Abbé Grégoire and the Société des Amis des Noirs
  • Essay 4 / Exporting the Revolution: Grégoire, Haiti and the Colonial Laboratory, 1815-1827
  • Essay 5 / The Abbé Grégoire and the Quest for a Catholic Republic
  • Essay 6 / Tearing Down the Tower of Babel: Grégoire and French Multilingualism
  • Essay 7 / The Paradoxes of Vandalism: Henri Grégoire and the Thermidorian Discourse on Historical Monuments
  • Essay 8 / Grégoire’s American Involvements
  • Essay 9 / Grégoire as Autobiographer
  • Afterword / Discovering the Abbé Grégoire