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- catalog abstract ""Modern France - born in the fire of revolution - was founded on dreams of unity, of a society of equal and like individuals working together. Today, ethnic and religious groups assert their essential autonomy, and France is home to an astonishing variety of opinions and allegiances. Most commentators see today's multi-ethnic France as a new entity, something contrary to the accomplishments of the Revolution - but Pierre Birnbaum believes otherwise." "In this work, France's leading political theorist shows that the clashing identities of different groups did not disappear in 1789 but, rather, persisted in a quieter way. He shows how today's debates over Arab immigrants and the National Front mirror eighteenth-century arguments between Catholics and republicans, church and state. The result is a brilliantly argued examination of how the French have, over two centuries, invented and reinvented their nation and their national identity."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "France imaginée. English".
- catalog contributor b12313569.
- catalog coverage "France Politics and government Historiography.".
- catalog coverage "France Social conditions.".
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""Modern France - born in the fire of revolution - was founded on dreams of unity, of a society of equal and like individuals working together. Today, ethnic and religious groups assert their essential autonomy, and France is home to an astonishing variety of opinions and allegiances. Most commentators see today's multi-ethnic France as a new entity, something contrary to the accomplishments of the Revolution - but Pierre Birnbaum believes otherwise." "In this work, France's leading political theorist shows that the clashing identities of different groups did not disappear in 1789 but, rather, persisted in a quieter way. He shows how today's debates over Arab immigrants and the National Front mirror eighteenth-century arguments between Catholics and republicans, church and state. The result is a brilliantly argued examination of how the French have, over two centuries, invented and reinvented their nation and their national identity."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-356) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: Solzhenitsyn in the Vendee -- Innermost thoughts of Alexis de Tocqueville -- Body of the Nation -- Counterutopia of Joseph de Maistre -- Difficult Career of Liberalism -- Retreat from the Republican State -- Era of Rival Identities.".
- catalog extent "xii, 370 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0809046504 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng fre".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Hill and Wang,".
- catalog spatial "France Politics and government Historiography.".
- catalog spatial "France Social conditions.".
- catalog spatial "France".
- catalog spatial "France.".
- catalog subject "944 21".
- catalog subject "Church and state France History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "DC36.9 .B5713 2001".
- catalog subject "Decentralization in government France.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: Solzhenitsyn in the Vendee -- Innermost thoughts of Alexis de Tocqueville -- Body of the Nation -- Counterutopia of Joseph de Maistre -- Difficult Career of Liberalism -- Retreat from the Republican State -- Era of Rival Identities.".
- catalog title "France imaginée. English".
- catalog title "The idea of France / Pierre Birnbaum ; translated by M.B. DeBevoise.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".