Introduction: The long life of characters

Ubiquitous and elusive: this is how the theory of national characters appears in nineteenth-century French political thought. One could also add 'mysterious'. I arrived at national characters in fact-as you can read in my article featured in this issue-via a mystery that Gustave de Beaumon...

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Published in:The Tocqueville review 2014, Vol.35 (1), p.7-26
Main Author: Nacci, Michela
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Federal Republic of Germany
France
Great Britain
Intellectuals
Political Science Theories
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Summary:Ubiquitous and elusive: this is how the theory of national characters appears in nineteenth-century French political thought. One could also add 'mysterious'. I arrived at national characters in fact-as you can read in my article featured in this issue-via a mystery that Gustave de Beaumont left unsolved in his L'Irlanded. Indeed, it was the wish to explain it that propelled me to explore the theory of national characters, firstly as regards Great Britain and then followed by Germany and France. Altogether, the idea was hatched to gather around this theme the voices of certain scholars specialized in this field. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:0730-479X
1918-6649
DOI:10.1353/toc.2014.0001