{"product_id":"democracys-double-helix-participation-equality-and-revolution-in-early-modern-europe-hardback-9781316516317","title":"Democracy's Double Helix; Participation, Equality and Revolution in Early Modern Europe (Hardback) 9781316516317","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDemocracy's Double Helix\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eParticipation, Equality and Revolution in Early Modern Europe\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExplains the emergence of modern democracy in an entirely new way as a convergence of political participation and individual equality.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLars Behrisch (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781316516317, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 14 August 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e344 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16.1 x 2.5 cm, 0.63 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'The book is well-written and easy to read, and, assuming a solid history education at the upper secondary level, can be read without any specific prior knowledge of the history of democracy. Although it is not a textbook, it is particularly suitable for students of history and political science, as it provides a broad temporal, geographical, and thematic scope and offers many points for discussion.' Wolfgang Schmale, H-Soz-Kult\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWhere does our modern democracy come from? It is a composite of two very different things: a medieval tradition of political participation, pluralistic but highly elitist; and the notion of individual equality, emerging during the early modern period. These two things first converged in the American and French revolutions – a convergence that was not only unexpected and unplanned but has remained fragile to this day. Democracy's Double Helix does not simply project and trace our modern democracy back into history, assuming that it was bound to come about. It looks instead at the political practices and attitudes prevailing before its emergence. From this perspective, it becomes clear that there was little to predict the coming of democracy. It also becomes clear that the two historical trajectories that formed it obey very different logics and always remain in tension. From this genuinely historical vantage point, we can therefore better understand the nature of our democracy and its current crisis.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eA new history of the birth of modern democracy\u003cbr\u003e Part I. State-building and Political Participation: 1. Medieval states and estates\u003cbr\u003e 2. Sixteenth-century origins of the fiscal-military state\u003cbr\u003e 3. Patterns and mutations of early modern participation\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Notions and Practices of Equality: 4. Reformation and confessional pluralism\u003cbr\u003e 5. Trade, markets, capitalism\u003cbr\u003e 6. Natural law and individual rights\u003cbr\u003e 7. States, subjects, citizens\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Enlightenment\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Revolutionary Convergences: 9. An explosive Atlantic triangle\u003cbr\u003e 10. The American Revolution\u003cbr\u003e 11. The French Revolution\u003cbr\u003e From past to future.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52463033450776,"sku":"9781316516317","price":30.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781316516317i.jpg?v=1785546166","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/democracys-double-helix-participation-equality-and-revolution-in-early-modern-europe-hardback-9781316516317","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}