Interpreting the French Revolution

This historical book explores the French Revolution and provides a conceptual interpretation of the event, analyzing the new changes it produced and the continuity it provided. The author delves into the riddle that the French Revolution has become for the European left, discussing various elements from the works of Alexis de Tocqueville and Augustin Cochin. His analysis is based on complementary ideas from these writers, attempting to decipher some of the enigmatic problems of revolutionary ideology. This book will be valuable to historians of modern Europe and their students, as well as to students of political thought.