Making a Modern Political Order: The Problem of the Nation State

Q4 Social Sciences Perspectives on Political Science Pub Date : 2023-09-05 DOI:10.1080/10457097.2023.2251360
Matthew T. Cantirino
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Alexis de Tocqueville, one of James J. Sheehan’s guiding lights,1 described “the real work” of the French Revolution as being “to abolish those political institutions [...] which we normally describe as feudal, in order to replace them with a more uniform and simple social and political regime based upon social equality.”2 Like Tocqueville, though, Sheehan knows the story is longer and subtler than that: the work of replacement began at least a century before 1789, unfolded in a piecemeal and sometimes half-conscious way, and continued on long after, though with increasing coherence.3 Like Tocqueville, Sheehan knows such sweeping change could not simply be the product of one single revolution, calendar year, or theorist, but that broader forces and concepts must be at play in such a transformation.
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建立现代政治秩序:民族国家问题
詹姆斯·J·希恩(James J.Sheehan)的指路明灯之一亚历克西斯·德·托克维尔(Alexis de Tocqueville,希恩知道这个故事比这更长、更微妙:替代工作至少在1789年前一个世纪就开始了,以一种零碎的、有时是半意识的方式展开,并在此后很长一段时间内继续进行,尽管越来越连贯。3和托克维尔一样,希恩知道这种彻底的变化不可能仅仅是一场革命、日历年或理论家的产物,但在这种转变中,更广泛的力量和概念必须发挥作用。
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Perspectives on Political Science
Perspectives on Political Science Social Sciences-Political Science and International Relations
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期刊介绍: Whether discussing Montaigne"s case for tolerance or Nietzsche"s political critique of modern science, Perspectives on Political Science links contemporary politics and culture to the enduring questions posed by great thinkers from antiquity to the present. Ideas are the lifeblood of the journal, which comprises articles, symposia, and book reviews. Recent articles address the writings of Aristotle, Adam Smith, and Plutarch; the movies No Country for Old Men and 3:10 to Yuma; and the role of humility in modern political thought.
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