The Hope of "National Regeneration": Civic Education during the French Revolution

Author: Liu Daming
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: This book is guided by Marxism and employs research methods from history, law, political science, sociology, and education. Based on comprehensive data, it conducts a thorough study of the theory and practice of civic education during the French Revolution. It briefly analyzes the connotations and disagreements regarding concepts such as citizen, citizenship, civic consciousness, and civic education during the revolution. It also reviews the state of "subject education" under the Old Regime in France and its hindrance to social development. The book focuses on analyzing the special social background that gave rise to civic education theory during the revolution, the connotations of civic education, its practical process, and its significant social and historical role.