From the Great French Revolution to 1848

Course Information
TitleΑπό τη Μεγάλη Γαλλική Επανάσταση στο 1848 / From the Great French Revolution to 1848
CodeΚΕ0Χ13
FacultySocial and Economic Sciences
SchoolPolitical Sciences
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodSpring
CoordinatorSpyros Marchetos
CommonYes
StatusActive
Course ID100001232

Programme of Study: PPS Tmīma Politikṓn Epistīmṓn 2023-sīmera

Registered students: 22
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
KORMOSElective CoursesSpring-4
Class Information
Academic Year2025 – 2026
Class PeriodSpring
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours3
Total Hours39
Class ID
600281840
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
  • English (Examination)
  • French (Examination)
  • Italian (Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
No special prerequisites, beyond critical thought and the expected interest in politics, economics, and history.
Learning Outcomes
On successfully completing this course, you will have a rudimentary but historically informed knowledge of the main historiographical approaches to the French Revolution that developed since 1789. You will be able to discern the main characteristics of the Ancien Regime, and compare them to the characteristics of our own society. You will be able to describe the fundamental causes of the French Revolution and its essential results and repercussions in Europe and the rest of the world. Also, the contribution of the French Revolution to the development of liberalism and of radical ideological currents, such as socialism, commulnism, anarchism, and feminism. Also, the ideological and political tradition of Counter-Revolution. Also, the trajectory that led from the Great French Revolution to the pan-European Revolution of 1848. Finally, you will know about the role of Revolutionary France in the development of the three main ideologies of our world.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Adapt to new situations
  • Make decisions
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in teams
  • Work in an international context
  • Work in an interdisciplinary team
  • Generate new research ideas
  • Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
  • Respect natural environment
  • Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
1. Basic terms. 2. Eighteenth century origins of the French Revolution. Genocides, colonialism, and imperialism. Religion and science. 3. Historiographical and political approaches to the French Revolution 4. Overview: The French Revolution according to Georges Lefebvre and Alfred Soboul. 5. Overview: Modern approaches to the French Revolution
Keywords
Patriarchy, Capitalist System, Capitalist Mode of Production, Estates, Slavery, Serfs, Nobles, Clerisy, Third Estate, Enlightenment, Counter-Enlightenment, Nation, Left, Right, Ideologies, Conservatism, Liberalism, Radicalism, Feminism, Nationalism, Racism, Science, Balkan Enlightenment, Classicism, Romantism, Ancien Regime, Despotism, European Colonial Expansion, Colonies, Commercial Capitalism, Guilds, Industrial Revolution, Economic Crisis, Fiscal Crisis, Assignats, Haitian Revolution, Counter-Revolution, Restoration, White Terror, Greek Revolution, Revolutuons of 1848, Encyclopedists, Physiocrats, Rousseau, Sieyes, Robespierre, Danton, Bonaparte, Byron, Schelley, Payne, Bentham, Wolstonecraft, Babeuf, Burke, Michelet, Toqueville, Taine, Federici, George Lefebvre, Soboul
Educational Material Types
  • Multimedia
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures60.2
Seminars331.2
Reading Assigment692.5
Exams20.1
Total1104
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Προταση 1 86194916 Ντεηβιντ Χαρβευ, Ο Μαρξ, το Κεφαλαιο, και η τρελα του οικονομικου λογου, Τοπος, Αθηνα 2019. Πρόταση 2 94691014 Cinzia Arruzza, Επικινδυνες σχεσεις. Γάμοι και διαζύγια μαρξισμού και φεμινισμού, ΚΨΜ, Αθηνα 2020.
Additional bibliography for study
Α. Το Παλαιό Καθεστώς / The Old Regime Fernand Braudel, The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II, 1949. Β. Διαφωτισμός / Enlightenment Πήτερ Γκαίη, Το κόμμα της ανθρωπότητας, Θύραθεν, Θεσσαλονικη 2009. Γ. Επισκοπήσεις της Γαλλικής Επανάστασης και των Ναπολεόντειων Πολέμων / Overviews of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars Georges Lefebvre, Η Γαλλικη Επανασταση, ΜΙΕΤ, Αθήνα 2004. Éric Hazan, A People's History of the French Revolution, translated by David Fernbach, Verso, London, New York 2014 [2012]. Mary Wollstonecraft, An Historical and Moral View of the Origin and Progress of the French Revolution, in Janet Todd (ed.), Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Men, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, An Historical and Moral View of the French Revolution, Oxford University Press, Oxford 1993. Eric Hobsbawm, Η Εποχή των επαναστάσεων, 1789-1848, Μορφωτικό Ίδρυμα Εθνικής Τραπέζης, Αθήνα 1997.
Δ. Ιστοριογραφία της Γαλλικής Επανάστασης / Historiography of the French Revolution Ε. Το 1848 σε ιστορική προοπτική / 1848 in historical perspective Eric Hobsbawm, Η Εποχή του κεφαλαίου, 1848-1875, Μορφωτικό Ίδρυμα Εθνικής Τραπέζης, Αθήνα 1994.
John Weiss, Συντηρητισμος και Ριζοσπαστικη Δεξια, 1770-1945. Παραδοσιοκρατια, Αντιδραση και Αντεπανασταση στην Ευρωπη, Θυραθεν, Θεσσαλονικη 2009.
Last Update
03-03-2021