Rousseau, Burke, and Revolution in France, 1791 plunges students into the intellectual political and ideological currents that surged through revolutionary Paris in the summer of 1791. Part of the Reacting to the Past series, this text consists of elaborate games in which students are assigned roles, informed by classic texts, set in particular moments of intellectual and social ferment. Students are leaders of major factions within the National Assembly as it struggles to create a constitution amidst internal chaos and threats of foreign invasion.
Language
English
Pages
184
Format
Paperback
Release
January 24, 2005
ISBN 13
9780321332295
Rousseau, Burke, and Revolution in France, 1791: Reacting to the Past
Rousseau, Burke, and Revolution in France, 1791 plunges students into the intellectual political and ideological currents that surged through revolutionary Paris in the summer of 1791. Part of the Reacting to the Past series, this text consists of elaborate games in which students are assigned roles, informed by classic texts, set in particular moments of intellectual and social ferment. Students are leaders of major factions within the National Assembly as it struggles to create a constitution amidst internal chaos and threats of foreign invasion.