The Abbé Grégoire and his world
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The Abbé Grégoire and his world
（Archives internationales d'histoire des idées = International archives of the history of ideas, 169）
Kluwer Academic, c2000
- : alk. paper
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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A distinguished group of international scholars from the disciplines of history, philosophy, literature and art history offer a reconsideration of the ideas and the impact of the abbe Henri Gregoire, one of the most important figures of the French Revolution and a contributor to the campaigns for Jewish emancipation, rights for blacks, the reform of the Catholic Church and many other causes
Table of Contents
- Contributors. 1. Introduction: The Abbe Gregoire: A Hero for Our Times'? J.D. Popkin. 2. Gregoire and the Anthropology of Emancipation
- H.-J. Lusebrink. 3. The Abbe Gregoire and the Jews: Social Reform and Spiritual Project
- R. Hermon-Belot. 4. The Abbe Gregoire and the Societe des Amis des Noirs
- M. Dorigny. 5. Exporting the Revolution: Gregoire, Haiti, and the Colonial Laboratory, 1815-1827
- A. Goldstein Sepinwall. 6. Jansenism and the Failed Quest for a Catholic Republic: The Case of the Abbe Gregoire
- D. Van Kley. 7. Tearing Down the Tower of Babel: Gregoire and French Multilingualism
- D. Bell. 8. The Paradoxes of Vandalism: Henri Gregoire and the Thermidorian Discourse on Historical Monuments
- A. Vidler. 9. Some Aspects of Gregoire's American Concerns
- R.H. Popkin. 10. Gregoire as Autobiographer
- J.D. Popkin. 11. Afterword: Discovering the Abbe Gregoire
- R.H. Popkin. Index.
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