The Old Regime and the Revolution
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The Old Regime and the Revolution is Alexis de Tocqueville’s classic historical and sociological study analyzing the social and political conditions in France before the French Revolution and how they shaped its outbreak and aftermath.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| L’Ancien Régime et la Révolution | 1 |
| The Old Regime and the Revolution canonical | 1 |
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Old Regime and the Revolution Context triple: [Alexis de Tocqueville, notableWork, The Old Regime and the Revolution]
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The Age of Revolution
The Age of Revolution is a historical volume by Winston Churchill that chronicles the political and social upheavals from the late 17th to early 19th centuries in the English-speaking world.
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Reason and Revolution
Reason and Revolution is a seminal 1941 philosophical work by Herbert Marcuse that critically interprets Hegel and traces the development of critical theory and modern social thought.
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Ancien Régime
Ancien Régime refers to the political and social system of monarchical, aristocratic, and feudal institutions that governed France before the French Revolution of 1789.
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Three Estates
The Three Estates were the traditional representative orders of medieval and early modern Scottish society—typically clergy, nobility, and burgh commissioners—that together formed the kingdom’s national assembly.
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The General Idea of the Revolution in the Nineteenth Century
The General Idea of the Revolution in the Nineteenth Century is a seminal 1851 political treatise by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon that articulates his anarchist vision of social and economic reorganization without centralized state authority.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Old Regime and the Revolution Target entity description: The Old Regime and the Revolution is Alexis de Tocqueville’s classic historical and sociological study analyzing the social and political conditions in France before the French Revolution and how they shaped its outbreak and aftermath.
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A.
The Age of Revolution
The Age of Revolution is a historical volume by Winston Churchill that chronicles the political and social upheavals from the late 17th to early 19th centuries in the English-speaking world.
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B.
Reason and Revolution
Reason and Revolution is a seminal 1941 philosophical work by Herbert Marcuse that critically interprets Hegel and traces the development of critical theory and modern social thought.
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C.
Ancien Régime
Ancien Régime refers to the political and social system of monarchical, aristocratic, and feudal institutions that governed France before the French Revolution of 1789.
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D.
Three Estates
The Three Estates were the traditional representative orders of medieval and early modern Scottish society—typically clergy, nobility, and burgh commissioners—that together formed the kingdom’s national assembly.
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E.
The General Idea of the Revolution in the Nineteenth Century
The General Idea of the Revolution in the Nineteenth Century is a seminal 1851 political treatise by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon that articulates his anarchist vision of social and economic reorganization without centralized state authority.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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historical study ⓘ sociological study ⓘ |
| analyzes | causes of the French Revolution ⓘ |
| author | Alexis de Tocqueville ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| examines |
centralization of administrative power in France
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continuity of administrative centralization after the Revolution ⓘ local privileges and particularism in Old Regime France ⓘ peasantry and rural society in France before 1789 ⓘ relationship between centralization and revolution ⓘ role of the French bureaucracy before the Revolution ⓘ role of the French monarchy before the Revolution ⓘ role of the French nobility before the Revolution ⓘ |
| field |
history
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political science ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
continuities between Old Regime and post-revolutionary France
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political institutions of the Ancien Régime ⓘ social conditions in pre-revolutionary France ⓘ |
| genre |
historiography
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political sociology ⓘ |
| hasForm | non-fiction prose ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
French historiography of the Ancien Régime
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modern studies of revolutions ⓘ sociological theories of revolution ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | comparative analysis of France and other European societies ⓘ |
| historicalEventDescribed |
French Revolution
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surface form:
French Revolution of 1789
|
| historicalPeriodDescribed | 18th-century France ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Democracy in America
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surface form:
Alexis de Tocqueville's earlier work Democracy in America
liberal political thought ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
educated general readers
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scholars ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
administrative despotism
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centralization of the state ⓘ social equality of conditions ⓘ survival of Old Regime practices after revolution ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Ancien Régime
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surface form:
Ancien Régime in France
French Revolution ⓘ |
| movement | classical liberalism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
analysis of structural causes of the French Revolution
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argument about continuity between Old Regime and modern France ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| theorizes |
link between equality of conditions and revolutionary upheaval
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persistence of Old Regime structures after 1789 ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
L’Ancien Régime et la Révolution