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Les Origines de la France contemporaine

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  • Taine, portrait by Léon Bonnat, 1889
    In Hippolyte Taine: Historical theories

    …to his great historical work, Les Origines de la France contemporaine (“The Origins of Contemporary France”), a monumental analysis, claiming scientific objectivity (although its factual and interpretative reliability have been challenged). It seeks to show that France’s primary fault lay in excessive centralization, originating during the ancien régime, and intensified…

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