Chapter 4 The French and the American Revolutions: ‘No Voice but an Echo’

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vi
4. Introduction 1
5. Chapter 1 Prometheanism and Action: Beyond Hannah Arendt 29
6. Chapter 2 Anti-Prometheanism: Political Pessimism and Liberal Optimism 63
7. Chapter 3 Dispensing the Leviathan: Ethical Memory and Parrhesia 111
8. Chapter 4 The French and the American Revolutions: ‘No Voice but an Echo’ 158
9. Chapter 5 American Populism: The ‘Lost Promethean Treasure’ 228
10. Epilogue 264
11. Bibliography 270
12. Index 283