HIST1055 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Constitution Of France, Immanuel Kant, Total War
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Pick one main idea and unpack that. Can only use information we discussed in class. The totalizing quality of the napoleonic wars was made possible by the universal ideas that emerged during the french revolution. Armies not made up of passionate nationals. Fighting for glory/themselves war made their identities. Universal ideas: freedom and equality for all humans and all nations. Immanuel kant, perpetual peace 1795, the world republic. French constitution of 1791: france renounces any war with a view of making conquests or use its forces against the liberty of any people. War is fought in name of nation, nation organized around ideology. Total war facing inward: purifying the nation. Can"t stop fighting - ever: conclusion. Universal ideas of french revolution are used to justify and further idea of universal warfare and total war.
