Aron – Preferring revolt to humiliation
In Peace and War Between Nations, published in 1962, Raymond Aron writes: The difficulty of peace has more to do with humanity than with man’s animality. The mouse that has …
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What is the Third Estate? Summary of Chapters 1 and 2
Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès was born in 1748. In 1774, he became a priest, but without a vocation. He held several important positions, but became truly famous in 1788, when he published …
Definitions of Revolutions
Etymology of Revolutions The word revolution is ambiguous, since it designates a modification while being a return to an initial state. This idea comes from astronomy. Thus from the beginning …
History sheet: The wave of revolutions in Europe 1917-1923
The Russian Revolution in February 1917 1. Russia: a weakened country —August 1914:170 million inhabitants, fragile industry, national income national income is 1/3 of that of the USA —the “land hunger” …
Annals of the regional Sciences Po Competition
From 2008 to 2014, the Common Entrance Examination included only 6 regional Sciences Po: Aix-en-Provence, Lille, Lyon, Rennes, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Strasbourg, and Toulouse. In 2014, a 7th Sciences Po was added: …
Tocqueville – The French revolution comparable to religious revolutions
Alexis de Tocqueville, who can be said to have been one of the precursors of sociology, but also a great theorist in general, wrote a book on the French Revolution. …