Political Writings: Including the Debate Between Sieyes and Tom Paine in 1791 - Couverture souple

Sieyès, Emmanuel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0872204308 ISBN 13 : 9780872204300

Editeur : Hackett Publishing Co, Inc, 2003

Synopsis

The abbe Emmanuel Joseph Sieyes (1748-1836) distinguished himself as the chief theoretician of the French Revolution--and as a revolutionary constitutional and social theorist in his own right--through his rigorously analytical theory of representative government and its corollary, the representative character of social life in general. He expressed the essence of his thought in a series of three pamphlets published in the months leading up to the meeting of the Estates-General in 1789. This volume presents all three essays--Views of the Executive Means, An Essay on Privileges, and What Is the Third Estate?--in their entirety. The third essay, in a new translation by Michael Sonenscher, is followed by Sieyes's 1791 newspaper debate with Tom Paine on the merits of monarchy versus republicanism. Elucidated by Sonenscher's insightful Introduction, these texts will fascinate anyone interested in the history of the French Revolution, the history of social and political thought, or the origins and character of modern liberalism.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Michael Sonenscher is a Fellow and Director of Studies in History, King's College, University of Cambridge.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0872204308
• ISBN 13: 9780872204300
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Éditeur: Sonenscher Michael
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