{"product_id":"the-french-republic-history-values-debates-paperback-softback-9780801477843","title":"The French Republic; History, Values, Debates (Paperback \/ softback) 9780801477843","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe French Republic\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHistory, Values, Debates\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEdward G. Berenson (Edited by), Vincent Duclert (Edited by), Christophe Prochasson (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780801477843\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 January 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e392 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.5 x 2.2 cm, 0.907 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\u003cp\u003e[S]ome of the contributions are veritable masterclasses of synthesis. For example, the opening chapters on specific periods—especially those by Julian Jackson on Vichy and Martin Schain on the Fifth Republic—offer up refreshingly short and concentrated summaries of their respective topics. They are models of concision and would be ideal for confused undergraduate students....Herrick Chapman's sparkling chapter on 'The State' manages to raise some crucial questions about the relationship of the French people to their most cherished institution in a handful of pages; Jeremy Jennings deploys his considerable powers of synthesis in his lightning discussions of 'Liberty,' 'Equality' and 'Universalism;' Steven Englund offers a spirited rebuttal of the idea that the French were an anti-Semitic people in the early twentieth-century; and both Alice Conklin and John Bowen offer careful appraisals of 'The Civilizing Mission' and 'The Republic and the Veil' respectively. Again, these would all provide useful introductions for students, and they are a window into the extremely high quality of English-language historical work on France.\u003c\/p\u003e - Emile Chabal, Oxford University Press Journals (English Historical Review) \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe French Republic\u003c\/i\u003e is an invaluable resource for historians of modern France. The thirty-eight essays, written by eminent scholars representing three countries and multiple intellectual traditions and generations, are of an uncommonly high quality. Although some are less tightly focused than others, the vast majority are clearly written, well-conceived, and authoritative, blending synthesis with fresh analysis. Because of the volume's unusual structure, the book ranges more widely than most edited collections and provides a great diversity of pieces that are nonetheless in dialogue with one another.\u003c\/p\u003e - Susan B. Whitney (Canadian Journal of History) \u003cp\u003eFrench republicanism is often presented as unitary, centralized, and secular, and the various essays here examine how regional identities, feminism, immigration, and cultural difference have challenged the neo-Jacobin understanding of the 'one and indivisible' nation.... The essays arc brief but thorough, and each is accompanied by a list of suggested further readings, making this work an invaluable resource to students of French history. Summing up: Highly recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e (Choice) \u003cp\u003eThe original [French-language] volume was very much a 'critical dictionary,' with an original scholarly approach, but nonetheless something of the monumentality of many other dictionaries.... This volume—far slimmer, with its forty short essays—develops much further the questioning and critical nature of their approach. It is the more indispensable, indeed, for being lighter, brisker, and more plural in its deliberate attempt to solicit a range of often contradictory perspectives. In making this shift, the project has taken on new dynamism by deliberately setting out to offer a trans-Atlantic \u003ci\u003eregard croisé\u003c\/i\u003e, with Edward Berenson joining the editorial team and a range of American scholars, many of them among the most eminent in their fields, writing reflections as scholars of France (in some cases) or as scholars of Western social, political or intellectual history more generally.... The effect of this infusion of intellectual and cultural history by American authors is to underline what I think they had always sought to do: to provide a critical discussion of French republics, republicanism and republican culture.\u003c\/p\u003e - Julian Wright (H-France Review)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this invaluable reference work, the world's foremost authorities on France's political, social, cultural, and intellectual history explore the history and meaning of the French Republic and the challenges it has faced. \u003c\/b\u003eFounded in 1792, the French Republic has been defined and redefined by a succession of regimes and institutions, a multiplicity of symbols, and a plurality of meanings, ideas, and values. Although constantly in flux, the Republic has nonetheless produced a set of core ideals and practices fundamental to modern France's political culture and democratic life. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Based on the influential Dictionnaire critique de la république, published in France in 2002, The French Republic provides an encyclopedic survey of French republicanism since the Enlightenment. Divided into three sections—Time and History, Principles and Values, and Dilemmas and Debates—The French Republic begins by examining each of France's five Republics and its two authoritarian interludes, the Second Empire and Vichy. It then offers thematic essays on such topics as Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity; laicity; citizenship; the press; immigration; decolonization; anti-Semitism; gender; the family; cultural policy; and the Muslim headscarf debates. Each essay includes a brief guide to further reading.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e This volume features updated translations of some of the most important essays from the French edition, as well as twenty-two newly commissioned English-language essays, for a total of forty entries. Taken together, they provide a state-of-the art appraisal of French republicanism and its role in shaping contemporary France's public and private life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Transatlantic Histories of France\u003cbr\u003e Edward Berenson and Vincent Duclert, translated by Arthur Goldhammer\u003cb\u003ePart I: Time and History\u003c\/b\u003e1. The Enlightenment\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohnson Kent Wright\u003c\/i\u003e2. The First Republic\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePatrice Gueniffey, translated by Arthur Goldhammer\u003c\/i\u003e3. The Second Republic\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEdward Berenson\u003c\/i\u003e4. The Republicans of the Second Empire\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSudhir Hazareesingh, translated by Arthur Goldhammer\u003c\/i\u003e5. The Third Republic\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePhilip Nord\u003c\/i\u003e6. War and the Republic\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStéphane Audoin-Rouzeau, translated by Arthur Goldhammer\u003c\/i\u003e7. The Republic and Vichy\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJulian Jackson, translated by Arthur Goldhammer\u003c\/i\u003e8. The Fourth Republic\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRosemary Wakeman\u003c\/i\u003e9. The Fifth Republic\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMartin Schain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II. Principles and Values\u003c\/b\u003e10. Liberty\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJeremy Jennings\u003c\/i\u003e11. Equality\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJeremy Jennings\u003c\/i\u003e12. Fraternity\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnne-Claude Ambroise-Rendu, translated by Arthur Goldhammer\u003c\/i\u003e13. Democracy\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePatrice Gueniffey, translated by Arthur Goldhammer\u003c\/i\u003e14. Laicity\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJean Baubérot, translated by Arthur Goldhammer\u003c\/i\u003e15. Citizenship\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCécile Laborde, translated by Arthur Goldhammer\u003c\/i\u003e16. Universalism\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJeremy Jennings\u003c\/i\u003e17. The Republic and Justice\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaul Jankowski\u003c\/i\u003e18. The State\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHerrick Chapman\u003c\/i\u003e19. The Civilizing Mission\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlice L. Conklin\u003c\/i\u003e20. Parité\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJoan Wallach Scott\u003c\/i\u003e21. The Press\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDominique Kalifa, translated by Renée Champion and Edward Berenson\u003c\/i\u003e22. Times of Exile and Immigration\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLloyd Kramer\u003c\/i\u003e23. The USA, Sister Republic\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrançois Weil, translated by Arthur Goldhammer\u003c\/i\u003e24. The Local\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStéphane Gerson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III. Dilemmas and Debates\u003c\/b\u003e25. The Republic and the Indigènes\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEmmanuelle Saada, translated by Renée Champion and Edward Berenson\u003c\/i\u003e26. Immigration\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMary Dewhurst Lewis\u003c\/i\u003e27. The Immigration History Museum\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNancy L. Green\u003c\/i\u003e28. Decolonization and the Republic\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTodd Shepard\u003c\/i\u003e29. The Suburbs\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrédéric Viguier\u003c\/i\u003e30. The Republic and the Veil\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn R. Bowen\u003c\/i\u003e31. Antisemitism, Judeophobia, and the Republic\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSteven Englund\u003c\/i\u003e32. Feminism and the Republic\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKaren Offen\u003c\/i\u003e33. Gender and the Republic\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBonnie G. Smith\u003c\/i\u003e34. Order and Disorder in the Family\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eÉric Fassin\u003c\/i\u003e35. Children and the State\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIvan Jablonka\u003c\/i\u003e36. Commemoration\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaniel J. Sherman\u003c\/i\u003e37. Intellectuals and the Republic\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJerrold Seigel\u003c\/i\u003e38. Cultural Policy\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHerman Lebovics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eConclusions\u003c\/b\u003eAmerican Perspectives on the French Republic\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEdward Berenson\u003c\/i\u003eBeyond the \"Republican Model\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eVincent Duclert, translated by Arthur Goldhammer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eContributors\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52735525454104,"sku":"9780801477843","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-french-republic-history-values-debates-paperback-softback-9780801477843","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}