The Abb Grgoire and his World [Paperback]

A distinguished group of international scholars from the disciplines of history, philosophy, literature and art history offer a reconsideration of the ideas and the impact of the abb? Henri Gr?goire, one of the most important figures of the French Revolution and a contributor to the campaigns for Jewish emancipation, rights for blacks, the reform of the Catholic Church and many other causesA distinguished group of international scholars from the disciplines of history, philosophy, literature and art history offer a reconsideration of the ideas and the impact of the abb? Henri Gr?goire, one of the most important figures of the French Revolution and a contributor to the campaigns for Jewish emancipation, rights for blacks, the reform of the Catholic Church and many other causesContributors. 1. Introduction: The Abb? Gr?goire: A Hero for Our Times'? J.D. Popkin. 2. Gr?goire and the Anthropology of Emancipation; H.-J. L?sebrink. 3. The Abb? Gr?goire and the Jews: Social Reform and Spiritual Project; R. Hermon-Belot. 4. The Abb? Gr?goire and the Soci?t? des Amis des Noirs; M. Dorigny. 5. Exporting the Revolution: Gr?goire, Haiti, and the Colonial Laboratory, 1815-1827; A. Goldstein Sepinwall. 6. Jansenism and the Failed Quest for a Catholic Republic: The Case of the Abb? Gr?goire; D. Van Kley. 7. Tearing Down the Tower of Babel: Gr?goire and French Multilingualism; D. Bell. 8. The Paradoxes of Vandalism: Henri Gr?goire and the Thermidorian Discourse on Historical Monuments; A. Vidler. 9. Some Aspects of Gr?goire's American Concerns; R.H. Popkin. 10. Gr?goire as Autobiographer; J.D. Popkin. 11. Afterword: Discovering the Abb? Gr?goire; R.H. Popkin. Index.`Altogether this is an important and useful collection which underlines how unjustly neglected this fascinating figure has been until recently.'
William Doyle, University of Bristol in