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Freedom's moment an essay on the French idea of liberty from Rousseau to Foucault

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  • "What kind of freedom, and what kind of individual, has the French Revolutionary tradition sought to propagate? Paul Cohen finds a distinctly French articulation of freedom in the texts and lives of eight renowned cultural critics who lived between the eighteenth century and the present day: Rousseau, Robespierre, Stendhal, Michelet, Bergson, Peguy, Sartre, and Foucault. Arranged not chronologically but according to the narrative themes and structures the protagonists held in common, Cohen's study discerns a single master narrative of liberty in modern France. Cohen captures these radicals as they denounce bourgeois and utilitarian values, the power of Church and State, and the corrupting influence of everyday politics."
  • "What kind of freedom, and what kind of individual, has the French Revolutionary tradition sought to propagate? Paul Cohen finds a distinctly French articulation of freedom in the texts and lives of eight renowned cultural critics who lived between the eighteenth century and the present day. Arranged not according to the lives and times of its protagonists but to the narrative themes and structures they held in common, Cohen's study discerns a single master narrative of liberty in modern France. He captures these radicals, whose tradition bids them to resist the authority of power structures an."

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  • "Freedom's moment : an essay on the idea of liberty from Rousseau to Foucault"
  • "Freedom's Moment An Essay on the French Idea of Liberty from Rousseau to Foucault"
  • "Freedom's moment : an essay on the French idea of liberty from Rousseau to Foucault"
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  • "Freedom's moment an essay on the French idea of liberty from Rousseau to Foucault"
  • "Freedom's moment : An essay on the French idea of liberty from Rousseau to Foucault"