TY - JOUR
TI - From the Lightning Flash of 1830 to the Democratic Envy
AU - Kocik, Agnieszka
TI - From the Lightning Flash of 1830 to the Democratic Envy
AB - The July monarchy sees the emergence and assertion of a new class of men of letters: committed thinkers, instigators of a living history and founders of the authority of the people, who encourage to see the great anonymous and social forces. They problematize the nation as a totality: subject to itself, and as a framework for the exercise of democracy, where the idea of freedom contributes to shaping the imaginary and nourishing passions, of which the strongest is envy. At the height of Romanticism, Michelet, Tocqueville, Esquiros or Erckmann‐Chatrian are among those who examine the substitution of egalitarian institutions for the former power of the monarchy and nobles. In this respect, they question both consent and resistance to the centralized administration, which, whether already democratized or still relying on the noble caste, remains an agent of change to come.
VL - 2018
IS - Numéro 15  La (r)évolution
PY - 2018
SN - 2300-4681
C1 - 2353-8953
SP - 23
EP - 39
DO - 10.4467/23538953CE.18.012.9127
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/cahiers-erta/article/de-leclair-revolutionnaire-de-1830-a-lenvie-democratique
KW - centralization
KW - democratic envy
KW - equality
KW - people
KW - Romantic historiography