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OverviewThe French political philosopher and historian Francois Guizot (1787-1874) was one of the French Doctrinaires, thinkers who sought to avoid the interpretations of the Revolution advanced by either extreme of Left or Right. He argued that in order to understand the nature of political institutions it is necessary to study first the society, its composition, and the relation between various classes. At the very centre of his theory lies the principle of the sovereignty of reason. The first part of the book covers the period from the fifth to the eleventh century and such topics as the 'true' principles of representative government and the origin and consequences of the sovereignty of the people. The second part spans the Norman Conquest to the reign of the Tudors in England and analyzes the architecture of the English Constitutional monarchy. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Francois Guizot , Aurelian Craiutu (Associate Professor of Political Science, Indiana University, USA) , Andrew R. ScoblePublisher: Liberty Fund Inc Imprint: Liberty Fund Inc Dimensions: Width: 23.00cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 15.50cm Weight: 0.781kg ISBN: 9780865971257ISBN 10: 0865971250 Pages: 480 Publication Date: 01 March 2002 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsIn every society there exists a certain sum of correct ideas. This sum of correct ideas is scattered among the individuals who make up the society and is unequally distributed among them. The problem is to gather up all the scattered and incomplete fragments of this power, to concentrate them, and to constitute them into a government. What is called 'representation' is nothing other than the means of arriving at this result . Francois Guizot Author InformationAurelian Craiutu, is Associate Professor of Political Science at Indiana University Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |