HIST 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Marquis De Condorcet, Jacobin, Mary Wollstonecraft
8 Feb 2017
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Revolutionary questions of equality, fundamental rights, freedom, reason. The french contingent: emmanuel-joseph siey s (1748-1836) from the first estate. Aided napoleon"s coup d"etat in 1799: maximilien francois robespierre (1758-1794 guillotine) Deputy for the third estate, member of the jacobin club. American revolution (justified) vs. french revolution (not justified) Argued for catholic and sexual identity tolerance. Persecution of warren hastings, british east india company: mary wollstonecraft (1759-1797) informal education. Response to burke"s reflections on the revolutions in france. Defends revolution in france and advocates for women"s rights. Marquis nicolas de condorcet (1743-1794: progress through rights, empiricism and scientific knowledge, perfect world through rationalism and rejection of religious authority. The mission to spread rationalism to the rest of the world: are all humans created equal, 18th century law: only africans can be subject to slavery. All men created equal: the changing role of women in society, debated amongst philosophers. Condorcet: no difference to exclude women from rights.
