The Modern Regime, Volume 1
Chapitres (66)
- THE ORIGINS OF CONTEMPORARY FRANCE, VOLUME 5: THE MODERN REGIME, VOLUME 1 [NAPOLEON] by Hippolyte A. Taine 0:00
- PREFACE 1:02
- BOOK FIRST. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. CHAPTER I. HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE OF HIS CHARACTER AND GENIUS. 4:35
- I. Napoleon's Past and Personality. 5:47
- II. The Leader and Statesman 35:51
- III. His acute Understanding of Others. 54:31
- IV. His Wonderful Memory. 1:05:00
- V. His Imagination and its Excesses. 1:11:06
- CHAPTER II. HIS IDEAS, PASSIONS AND INTELLIGENCE. I. Intense Passions. 1:20:27
- II. Will and Egoism. 1:36:50
- III. Napoleon's Dominant Passion: Power. 2:00:57
- IV. His Bad Manners. 2:24:16
- V. His Policy. 2:33:06
- VI. Fundamental Defaults of his System. 2:50:00
- BOOK SECOND. FORMATION AND CHARACTER OF THE NEW STATE. CHAPTER I. THE INSTITUTION OF GOVERNMENT: I. The Institution of Government. 3:06:41
- II. Default of previous government. 3:09:19
- III. In 1799, the undertaking more difficult and the materials worse. 3:14:00
- IV. Motives for suppressing the election of local powers. 3:19:18
- V. Reasons for centralization. 3:25:33
- VI. Irreconcilable divisions. 3:30:30
- VII. Establishment of a new Dictatorship. 3:39:25
- CHAPTER II. PUBLIC POWER: I. Principal service rendered by the public power. 3:45:44
- II. Abusive Government Intervention. 3:55:23
- III. The State attacks persons and property. 3:58:19
- IV. Abuse of State powers. 4:03:17
- V. Final Results of Abusive Government Intervention 4:11:03
- CHAPTER III. THE NEW GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION. I. Precedents of the new organization. 4:15:04
- II. Doctrines of Government. 4:23:36
- III. Brilliant Statesman and Administrator. 4:37:59
- IV. Napoleon's barracks. 4:47:21
- V. Modeled after Rome. 5:00:52
- BOOK THIRD. OBJECT AND MERITS OF THE SYSTEM. CHAPTER I. RECOVERY OF SOCIAL ORDER. I. Rule as the mass want to be ruled. 5:16:25
- II. The Revolution Ends. 5:18:54
- III. Return of the Emigrés. 5:24:02
- IV. Education and Medical Care. 5:43:37
- V. Old and New. 5:48:29
- VI. Religion 6:00:36
- VII. The Confiscated Property. 6:11:48
- VIII. Public Education. 6:30:15
- CHAPTER II. TAXATION AND CONSCRIPTION. I. Distributive Justice in Allotment of Burdens and Benefits. 6:49:43
- II. Equitable Taxation. 7:04:09
- III. Formation of Honest, Efficient Tax Collectors 7:07:32
- IV. Various Taxes. 7:19:37
- V. Conscription or Professional soldiers. 7:43:08
- CHAPTER III. AMBITION AND SELF-ESTEEM. I. Rights and benefits. 8:03:36
- II. Ambitions during the Ancient Regime. 8:32:52
- III. Ambition and Selection. 8:48:12
- IV. Napoleon, Judge-Arbitrator-Ruler. 8:58:59
- IV. The Struggle for Office and Title. 9:09:46
- V. Self-esteem and a good Reputation. 9:40:26
- BOOK FOURTH. DEFECT AND EFFECTS OF THE SYSTEM. CHAPTER I. LOCAL SOCIETY. I. Human Incentives. 9:52:28
- II. Local Community. 10:03:34
- III. Essential Public Local Works. 10:08:50
- IV. Local associations. 10:18:03
- V. Local versus State authority. 10:26:17
- VI. Local Elections under the First Consul. 10:33:54
- VII. Municipal and general councillors under the Empire. 10:43:07
- VIII. Excellence of Local Government after Napoleon. 11:01:41
- CHAPTER II. LOCAL SOCIETY SINCE 1830. I. Introduction of Universal suffrage. 11:19:01
- II. Universal suffrage. 11:23:02
- III. Equity in taxation. 11:39:46
- IV. On unlimited universal suffrage. 11:46:05
- V. Rural or urban communes. 11:49:10
- VI. The larger Communes. 11:58:11
- VII. Local society in 1880. 12:07:43
- VIII. Final result in a tendency to bankruptcy. 12:29:10
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