The Paternal State in France and Germany (Classic Reprint)

The Paternal State in France and Germany (Classic Reprint)
Author: Henry Gaullieur
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2018-01-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780483137349

Excerpt from The Paternal State in France and Germany IT is almost an impertinence nowadays to remind a reader of past events; we travel so fast through life that Old scenes, if remembered at all, are remembered only as it were by their picturesque features, by their peculiarly Odd or extraordinary forms. Our allotted time is brief, and the past, with its cumbersome civiliza tion, is ever receding from our View. Nevertheless, we all know that nothing' happens by accident in human evolution; that there is a cause behind every phenoms non, be it a physical, a political, or a social one and we know that there is a law connecting the cause with the effect recorded in past annals. It has always struck me that the relations existing be tween some of the most important phenomena of French and German history, and their real, permanent causes, have never been sufficiently examined. If we all know, for instance, why the French nation overthrew its old absolute monarchy in 17 93, we seldom ask ourselves why a still more absolute and despotic republic, and, later on, an absolute and despotic empire, were substituted for it. Again, we all know that the modern French and German people, borrowing parliamentary forms from England. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Literature

Literature
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 654
Release: 1898
Genre: Literature
ISBN:

When The World Spoke French

When The World Spoke French
Author: Marc Fumaroli
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Total Pages: 561
Release: 2011-06-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 1590173759

A New York Review Books Original During the eighteenth century, from the death of Louis XIV until the Revolution, French culture set the standard for all of Europe. In Sweden, Austria, Italy, Spain, England, Russia, and Germany, among kings and queens, diplomats, military leaders, writers, aristocrats, and artists, French was the universal language of politics and intellectual life. In When the World Spoke French, Marc Fumaroli presents a gallery of portraits of Europeans and Americans who conversed and corresponded in French, along with excerpts from their letters or other writings. These men and women, despite their differences, were all irresistibly attracted to the ideal of human happiness inspired by the Enlightenment, whose capital was Paris and whose king was Voltaire. Whether they were in Paris or far away, speaking French connected them in spirit with all those who desired to emulate Parisian tastes, style of life, and social pleasures. Their stories are testaments to the appeal of that famous “sweetness of life” nourished by France and its language.

Literature

Literature
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 704
Release: 1974
Genre: Literature
ISBN:

The Origins of Modern Germany

The Origins of Modern Germany
Author: Geoffrey Barraclough
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 508
Release: 1984
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780393301533

"No one is likely to underrate the importance for the rest of Europe--and, indeed, for world history--of the German reaction, beginning in the days of Bismarck, to the crisis of modern industrial capitalism," writes Professor Barraclough, "but the peculiar character of that reaction is only comprehensible in the light of Germany's past. Factors deeply rooted in German history . . . constituted an iron framework, a mold within which were cast all German efforts, from 1870 to 1939, to cope with the problems of modern capitalist society."

Literature

Literature
Author: Henry Duff Traill
Publisher:
Total Pages: 704
Release: 1974
Genre:
ISBN:

Parallelism in Revolution

Parallelism in Revolution
Author: Matthew C. Wells Ph.D.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2005-10-14
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1462803040

Read the book which predicted the rise of the radical Islamic right in Iran. Originally released in August 1999 under the title Democratic Transitions and the Weber/Freud Connection, the book noted that the government in Iran was in jeopardy of being usurped by radical right-wing forces. The predictions contained in this work were based on Dr. Matthew C. Wells theory of Political Parallelism. In light of recent political events (i.e., the triumph of the Abadgaran faction in 2004 parliamentary elections and the recent election of Iranian neo-con Mahmud Ahmadinejad to the presidency), this book has become all the more timely.

The Literary News

The Literary News
Author: Frederick Leypoldt
Publisher:
Total Pages: 416
Release: 1898
Genre: American literature
ISBN: