To Speak for the People - Cowans, Jon
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Although historians frequently invoke "public opinion" as a significant force, very few have engaged it in a critical and systematic fashion. And none has given serious treatment to the crucial role it played in the French Revolution, perhaps the most important moment in the development of modern political culture. To Speak for the People is a lucid and innovative study that fills this gap. Historian Jon Cowans adds a genuinely original voice to the debate over the problem of legitimacy during the Revolution, drawing on the works of Jurgen Habermas, Keith Baker, and Francois Furet. He…mehr

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Although historians frequently invoke "public opinion" as a significant force, very few have engaged it in a critical and systematic fashion. And none has given serious treatment to the crucial role it played in the French Revolution, perhaps the most important moment in the development of modern political culture. To Speak for the People is a lucid and innovative study that fills this gap. Historian Jon Cowans adds a genuinely original voice to the debate over the problem of legitimacy during the Revolution, drawing on the works of Jurgen Habermas, Keith Baker, and Francois Furet. He carefully analyzes the use of terms like "public opinion", "the public", and "the people" in political debates, and tracks their changing meanings over the course of revolutionary events.
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Jon Cowans is a graduate of Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. He received his Ph.D. in History at Stanford University. He has published articles on French political culture, cultural politics, and memory in French Historical Studies, the Journal of ContemporaryHistory, and History and Memory. He teaches in the History Department of Rutgers University and lives in Brooklyn, New York.