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Prosperity and torment in France : the paradox of the democratic age /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Delsol, Chantal, 1947- (Author)
Other Authors: Kelley, Andrew, 1965- (Translator), Mahoney, Daniel J., 1960- (writer of foreword.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Notre Dame : University of Notre Dame Press, [2025]
Series:Catholic ideas for a secular world.
Subjects:
France > Politics and government > 21st century.
France > Economic conditions > 1995-
France > Social conditions > 1995-
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Translator's Note
  • Introduction: French Malaise
  • 1 Identity, History
  • 2 Republic vs. Democracy
  • 3 Jacobinism and Bonapartism
  • 4 A Distant and Maternal Government
  • 5 Status and Positions
  • 6 The Anthropology of Defiance: Envy, Equality, and Mistrust
  • 7 Paris and the Provinces
  • 8 Intellectuals
  • 9 The Right and the Left
  • 10 The People and the Elite
  • 11 French Secularism
  • 12 The Present State of Religion
  • 13 The Sense of Identity and Immigration
  • 14 Belonging to Europe
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography