Istoria civilizației în Europa

by François Guizot, Cristian Preda (trad.), Miruna Tataru-Cazaban (trad.)

Cartea omului politic si istoricului francez Francois Guizot este o lucrare clasica ce a marcat profund o intreaga pleiada de mari ganditori de la mijlocul secolului al XIX-lea, intre care Alexis de Tocqueville, John Stuart Mill si Karl Marx. Lucru mai mult decat firesc, caci Istoria civilizatiei in Europa reprezinta o prima abordare a societatii prin prisma metodei sociologice, in incercarea de a-i sesiza spiritul in intreaga complexitate a manifestarilor (moravuri, idei, opinii, legi, cutume) si de a intelege mecanismul institutiilor politice prin studiul ordinii sociale; iar tema competitiei si a luptei claselor in societate a alimentat deopotriva doctrina liberalismului englez si pe a socialismului european. Studiul Istoriei lui Guizot, scris cu rigoarea si claritatea carteziana a marilor ganditori francezi, este, de aceea, indispensabil pentru intelegerea evolutiei filozofiei politice europene din secolul al XIX-lea.

Genres: History, Philosophy, French Literature, European History, Nonfiction, Classics, French Revolution

272 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1828

About the author

François Pierre Guillaume Guizot was a French historian, orator, and statesman. Guizot was a dominant figure in French politics prior to the Revolution of 1848, a conservative liberal who opposed the attempt by King Charles X to usurp legislative power, and worked to sustain a constitutional monarchy following the July Revolution of 1830.

Reviews

[Eric · Rating 4 out of 5]

雖然不是第一次閱讀通史類的歐洲史讀物的，但是依然被作者博大的視野所折服。不論內容中主觀性的多少，沒有對歷史淵博的知識與深刻的理解，是無法用如此簡單的語言高度概括並總結出文明發展的核心要素與重大事件。更重要的是，作為一本編成與十九世紀中葉的講稿書，作者的看法也有著獨特的時代烙印的價值，確實為今天的歷史愛好者提供的新鮮的觀點。

[Jackson Cyril · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a brilliant work, but a bit too philosophical. Guizot has a view of civilization that he wants to propound, but what's most fascinating is the emphasis he places on class struggle in history. The excellent introduction here suggests that it was of Guizot (and folks like him) that Marx was talking about when he admitted (in the Manifesto I believe) that he was not the first historian to recognize the importance of class struggle, but only the first to recognize, among other things, that the end of class struggle will be the victory of the proletariat and the emergence of a classless society at last.

[foundfoundfound · Rating 5 out of 5]

superb.