POLI 344 Lecture Notes - Class Conflict, Bourgeoisie, Radicalization
Document Summary
Ideals and the french revolution: constructivism becomes important for helping explain the french revolution. Ideas play a huge role in the context of france (compared to prussia and britain) Ideas in england are marshaled in the service of economic interest: in prussia ideas are important only when defining state"s interest, in service of the material interests of a particular class/state. In france the ideational interests can be distinguished from material interests: become a powerful means of mobilizing the public not just a class struggle for power or resources. Radicalization of revolution: politicization of all segments of society and eventual radicalization of the. Church is placed under the control of the state: declaration of the rights of man and citizen. 1790 national assembly abolishes all internal trade barriers: custom free trade zone in france itself seen to signal that france is undergoing a process of industrialization.