The Terror of Natural Right - Republicanism, the Cult of Nature, and the French Revolution

Zusammenfassung Argues that the revolutionaries of eighteenth-century France used the natural right concept of the 'enemy of the human race' - an individual who has transgressed the laws of nature and must be executed without judicial formalities - to authorize three-quarters of the deaths during the Terror.

Product details

• Authors: Dan Edelstein, Edelstein Dan
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2009
• EAN: 9780226184388
• ISBN: 978-0-226-18438-8
• No. of pages: 350
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 237 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, France, European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, HISTORY / Europe / France, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Political science & theory, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Political science and theory, c 1789 to c 1799 (French Revolutionary period), C 1700 To C 1800, French Revolution, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions