DVM2350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: French Revolution, Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité
2 Dec 2016
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Declaration of the rights of man: enshrines modern commitment to liberty, equality, fraternity, modernity is about: liberty (economic freedom) and equality (poli rights) Modernity: set of rights, question about how they interact with each other. French revolution starts with a econ crisis. Absence of econ rights is felt strongly. No political rights with which to demand/protect economic rights. Key happening lousy weather: means that crops cannot grow, people are getting hungry. Time period when french people are trying to make crops: there were a lot of poor hungry people. Futilism: class system that protect political, economical rights for top of hierarchy: no rights, ex. wants a job but works in guild fashion aka connection in order to getting into guild, very unjust and unfair. They (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t (cid:448)ote no opinion, voice, say. People want to fight for their rights. Demand for political rights and the demand for economic rights come together, at least historically. Constant goes to france, becomes political commentator.
