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Dugald Stewart, les « Économistes » et la Révolution française

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  • Alexandra Hyard

    (CLERSÉ - Centre Lillois d’Études et de Recherches Sociologiques et Économiques - UMR 8019 - Université de Lille - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Abstract

Dugald Stewart, the «Economistes» and the French Revolution. In 1789, Dugald Stewart (1753-1828), like many Scottish intellectuals, welcomed the French Revolution. He saw it as the first attempt to apply the principles of French political rationalism that the political theory of the « Economistes » had provided. Stewart, however, grew less and less laudatory about this revolutionary experience. In contrast to the greater part of Scottish public opinion, however, he did not reject the French experiment. If at the beginning of the 1800's, this Scottish philosopher still believed in the legitimacy of the ideas of 1789, it was partly because his whig convictions made him receptive to the political rationalism of the French, and partly because he felt that the solutions of a more rational monarchy as envisaged in the writing of the «Economistes» might prove useful in partially resolving problems encountered by the British monarchy.

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  • Alexandra Hyard, 2006. "Dugald Stewart, les « Économistes » et la Révolution française," Post-Print hal-04467314, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04467314
    DOI: 10.4000/ahrf.7133
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