KEITNER Chimene J_The Paradoxes of Nationalism - The French Revolution and Its Meaning for Contemporary Nation Building.pdf

ParadoxesThe
Nationalismof
The French Revolution
and Its Meaning for
Contemporary Nation Building
Chimène I. Keitner
THE PARADOXES OF NATIONALISM
SUNY series in National Identities
Thomas M. Wilson, editor
THE PARADOXES OF NATIONALISM
The French Revolution
and Its Meaning for
Contemporary Nation Building
ሊ
Chimène I. Keitner
State University of New York Press
Published by
State University of New York Press, Albany
© 2007 State University of New York
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever
without written permission. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval
system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic,
electrostatic, ic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise
without the prior permission in writing of the publisher.
For information, address State University of New York Press,
194 Washington Avenue, Suite 305, Albany, NY 12210-2384
Production by Judith Block
Marketing by Michael Campochiaro
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Keitner, Chimène I.
The paradoxes of nationalism : the French Revolution and its meaning for
contemporary nation building / Chimène I. Keitner.
p. cm. —(SUNY series in national identities)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-7914-6957-6 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1. France—History—Revolution, 1789–1799—Influence.
2. Nationalism—France—History. 3. Nation-building. I. Title. II. Series.
2007
—dc22
2006012822
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
For Idan
“La Nation consentie, voulue par elle-même”(The Nation
consented to, self-willed) was France’s contribution to history.
—Eric Hobsbawm, quoting
historian Ernest Lavisse
I love all men; I particularly love all free men; but I love the
free men of France better than all other men in the universe.
—François Robert to the National
Convention, April 26