Henri Saint-Simon and the Republican Idea

Henri Saint-Simon et l’idée républicaine

Michel Bellet
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Michel Bellet: GATE Lyon Saint-Étienne - Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique Lyon - Saint-Etienne - ENS de Lyon - École normale supérieure de Lyon - Université de Lyon - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - UJM - Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: Theoretically, historically and personally, Saint-Simon inherits from the Enlightenment and the various political forms of the First Republic. However, he does not claim to be a republican. His project is often analysed as being based on an industrial or even managerial model applied to society as a whole, indifferent to political forms of government, and ultimately alien to the republican idea. However, a precise examination of his doctrine contradicts this interpretation, and sheds light on the discrepancies between his doctrine and notions usually attached to a republican conception of government: liberty, equality, fraternity, and popular sovereignty. Those republican notions are not rejected as such, but redefined and integrated into an economic.

Keywords: Saint-Simon; Republicanism; liberty; equality; fraternity; popular sovereignty; political economy; capacity; government; administration; Républicanisme; liberté; égalité; fraternité; souveraineté populaire; économie politique; capacité; gouvernement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-06-01
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Published in Revue d'histoire de la pensée économique, 2022, Revue d’histoire de la pensée économique 2022 – 1, n° 13, 2022 – 1 (n° 13), pp.147-212. ⟨10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-13254-7.p.0147⟩

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DOI: 10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-13254-7.p.0147

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