POLSCI 2O06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Maximilien Robespierre, Radical Change, Monarchy Of The United Kingdom
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Polsci 2o06 (political theory) - dr. inder marwah. Revolution: france is still a republic today, in large part (not entirely) because of rousseau. Edmund burke (1729 - 1797: thinks the values and commitments of the enlightenment are dreams and hold no reality or political foundation, these aren"t just bad ideas, they"re politically untenable ideals, groundless and destabilizing. 4: not just wrong, but dangerous, undermining the foundation for real political rights, freedoms, and power. Re ections on the revolution in france: a letter written to a french aristocrat who wanted his view of the french revolution, it"s a deeply scathing attack on the central tenets of the revolution, the. 4: revolutions aren"t just sunshine and beginnings. British thinkers defending the ideals of the french revolution: dr. richard price - a british preacher, radical progressive, staunch believer in the. French revolution: argued that the principles of the french revolution were also at work in the.