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The Psychology of Revolution

  
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CONTENTS
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PART I THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ELEMENTS OF REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS BOOK I GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF REVOLUTIONS
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BOOK II THE FORMS OF MENTALITY PREVALENT DURING REVOLUTION
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PART II BOOK I THE ORIGINS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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BOOK II THE RATIONAL, AFFECTIVE, MYSTIC, AND COLLECTIVE INFLUENCES ACTIVE DURING THE REVOLUTION
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BOOK III THE CONFLICT BETWEEN ANCESTRAL INFLUENCES AND REVOLUTIONARY PRINCIPLES
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PART III THE RECENT EVOLUTION OF THE REVOLUTIONARY PRINCIPLES

  
The Psychology of Revolution INTRODUCTION THE REVISION OF HISTORY
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PART I THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ELEMENTS OF REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS
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PART II THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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PART III THE RECENT EVOLUTION OF THE REVOLUTIONARY PRINCIPLES

  
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INDEX (Names of Historians, etc., cited in italics.)
  
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2. PART II
BOOK I
THE ORIGINS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

  • CHAPTER 1. THE OPINIONS OF HISTORIANS CONCERNING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
  • 1. The Historians of the Revolution . . . . . . . . . .123
  • 2. The theory of Fatalism in respect of the Revolution.126
  • 3. The hesitation of recent Historians of the Revolution130
  • 4. Impartiality in History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
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  • CHAPTER II. THE PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE ANCIEN RÉGIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
  • 1. The Absolute Monarchy and the Basis of the Ancien Régime. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
  • 2. The inconveniences of the Ancien Régime138
  • 3. Life under the Ancien Régime . . . . .141
  • 4. Evolution of Monarchical feeling during the Revolution 144
  • CHAPTER III. MENTAL ANARCHY AT THE TIME OF THE REVOLUTION AND THE INFLUENCE ATTRIBUTED TO THE PHILOSOPHERS. .147
  • 1. Origin and Propagation of Revolutionary Ideas. . . .147
  • 2. The supposed influence of the Philosophers of the eighteenth century upon the Genesis of the Revolution. Their dislike of Democracy . . . . . . . . . . . . .152
  • 3. The philosophical ideas of the Bourgeoisie at the time of the Revolution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156
  • CHAPTER IV. PSYCHOLOGICAL ILLUSIONS RESPECTING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158
  • 1. Illusions respecting Primitive Man, the return to the State of Nature, and the Psychology of the People. .158
  • 2. Illusions respecting the possibility of separating Man from his Past and the power of Transformation attributed to the Law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160
  • 3. Illusions respecting the Theoretical Value of the great Revolutionary Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162
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