Fair Shares for All
Jacobin Egalitarianism in Practice
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- Author: Jean-Pierre Gross
- Date Published: November 2003
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521526500
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This study explores the egalitarian policies pursued in the provinces during the radical phase of the French Revolution, but moves away from the habit of looking at such issues in terms of the Terror alone. It challenges revisionist readings of Jacobinism that dwell on its totalitarian potential or portray it as dangerously utopian. The mainstream Jacobin agenda emphasised 'fair shares' and equal opportunities for all in a private ownership market economy. It sought to achieve social justice without jeopardising human rights and tended thus to complement, rather than undermine, the liberal, individualist programme of the Revolution. The book stresses the relevance of the 'Enlightenment legacy', the close affinity between Girondins and Montagnards, the key role played by many lesser-known figures and the moral ascendancy of Robespierre. It reassesses the basic social and economic issues at stake in the Revolution, which cannot be understood solely in terms of political discourse.
Read more- A concise study which challenges the revisionist orthodoxy on the basic aims of the French Revolution
- Stresses the importance of the social and economic ideas at stake in the Revolution
- Discusses central issues beyond the shadow of 'the Terror', and highlights democratic attempts to achieve social justice
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'… a forceful and healthy antidote to current orthodoxy, whose impact is all the more impressive for being based on solid archival work'. Economic History Review
See more reviews' … [a] superbly written and widely researched study … should be essential reading for scholars of the Revolution'. English Historical Review
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- Date Published: November 2003
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521526500
- length: 276 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 16 mm
- weight: 0.35kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. The Jacobin mainstream and the Robespierrist conspiracy
2. The family ethos and the common happiness
3. Food rationing, collectivism and the market economy
4. Land tenure, shelter and the right of ownership
5. Progressive taxation and the fair distribution of wealth
6. Jobs for all and to each a fair deal
7. A place at school and a time for rejoicing.
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