The Debate about Luxury in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century French Political Thought
The Debate about Luxury in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century French Political Thought
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十八、十九世纪法国政治思想中关于奢侈的争论
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10.1353/jhi.2007.0004
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2007
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J. Jennings
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J. Jennings
This article explores the debate about the virtues and otherwise of luxury in French eighteenth- and nineteenth political thought. I begin by contrasting the views of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Jean-Francois Melon. In view of the manner in which this argument was developed by Montesquieu, Diderot, Saint-Lambert, and others, I argue that debates about luxury continued into and beyond the French Revolution of 1789. Then, by looking at the writings of Jean-Baptiste Say and Destutt de Tracy the article demonstrates the coninued prominence of debates about luxury in the early years of the nineteenth century and the enduring nature of the arguments posed by Rousseau against immoderate wealth amongst republicans. It concludes by referring to discussions of luxury in the Second Empire.