Against Popular Societies and Faction: Transatlantic Discourses of Moderation in the American, French and Dutch Republics of the 1790s

R. Koekkoek*

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Abstract

René Koekkoek examines the mid-1790s efforts made by American Federalists, French Thermidorians, and Dutch Batavian revolutionaries to discredit popular societies as the embodiment of faction and party spirit, and their efforts to institutionalize moderation. Instead of institutional complexity and balance, these revolutionary moderates conceptualized political moderation in terms of the ultimate authority of representative government and the underlying principle of an undivided citizenry.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Politics of Moderation in Modern European History
EditorsIdo de Haan, Matthijs Lok
Place of PublicationCham
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
Chapter2
Pages29-48
Number of pages20
Edition1
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-030-27415-3
ISBN (Print)978-3-030-27414-6, 978-3-030-27417-7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 19 Sept 2019

Publication series

NamePalgrave Studies in Political History
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
ISSN (Print)2946-5176
ISSN (Electronic)2946-5184

Keywords

  • ideological extremes
  • polarized views
  • third way
  • capitalism
  • socialism
  • fundamentalist islam
  • anti-islamic extremism
  • radicalization
  • intellectual history
  • political parties
  • aurelian craitu

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