Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Translators’ Preface
- Introduction
- Chronology of Volney’s Life
- Further Reading
- Biographical Notes
- The Ruins: Meditations on the Revolutions of Empires (Paris, 1791)
- Catechism of Natural Law (1793)
- Appendix I Volney’s Endnotes and Sources
- Appendix II Volney’s Black Egyptianist Passages
- Appendix III Significant Textual Variants
- Index
- Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
Further Reading
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 February 2024
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Translators’ Preface
- Introduction
- Chronology of Volney’s Life
- Further Reading
- Biographical Notes
- The Ruins: Meditations on the Revolutions of Empires (Paris, 1791)
- Catechism of Natural Law (1793)
- Appendix I Volney’s Endnotes and Sources
- Appendix II Volney’s Black Egyptianist Passages
- Appendix III Significant Textual Variants
- Index
- Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
Summary
A bibliographical guide to further reading on Volney’s career and writings, as well as on the wider political and intellectual background, and on Volney’s reception, particularly in Britain and the United States, including the Black nationalist movement.
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- Volney: ‘The Ruins' and ‘Catechism of Natural Law' , pp. xxxiv - xliiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024