Jacques Necker (and public opinion) [ Politics / Publicity ]
… sphere to new voices through the collapse of pre-publication censorship, the revolution also created new idealised authorities to which public men like Necker had to appeal, whether it be the Third Estate, the nation, or the people. … ideas through printed works like the encyclopédie , but also the discursive space for a new form of political authority apart from the Crown: public opinion. 2 Characterised as rational and uniform, appealing to and gaining authority from l’opinion publique involved a certain form of political sociability. Philosophers, government …
Censorship | Finance | French Revolution | Public sphere | Third Estate
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