Rousseau, Burke, and Revolution in France, 1791

by Mark C. Carnes

Rousseau, Burke, and Revolution in France, 1791 plunges students into the intellectual political and ideological currents that surged through revolutionary Paris in the summer of 1791. Part of the ";Reacting to the Past"; series, this text consists of elaborate games in which students are assigned roles, informed by classic texts, set in particular moments of intellectual and social ferment. Students are leaders of major factions within the National Assembly (and in the streets outside) as it struggles to create a constitution amidst internal chaos and threats of foreign invasion.

184 pages, Paperback

First published January 24, 2005

About the author

Mark C. Carnes is Professor of History at Barnard College.