'The Great Society of the Human Species': Volney and the Global Politics of Revolutionary France

Cook, Alexander

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'The Great Society of the Human Species': Volney and the Global Politics of Revolutionary France

Date

2012

Authors

Cook, Alexander

Publisher

Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group

Abstract

This article analyses the complex and contested geo-politics associated with the concept of a universal human society during the era of the French Revolution. It focuses on the figure of Constantin-François Volney (1757-1820), a neglected philosopher who