EURO ST 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 86: Ten Commandments
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What kinds of things does the national assembly now say that it has the right to. End of serfdom (existing social relations that tie people to the land of their lords) New judicial system to be formed, taken away from manors. New tax system that will cover everyone equally. A common law is to be developed and applied equally across the entire stretch of the nation. An intimate union can thereby be established, unifying all. Frenchmen regardless of geographical place, birth status, or other distinction. Thanks to this intimate union , all individuals will identify as frenchmen . It now, in fact, creates this national category. This concept of a nation has come to assume the greatest of powers. In our society, indeed, in modern western societies in general, there is one thing alone for which individuals can be expected to die: Nationalism comes to replace religion (in some ways) as the binding force.
