The Terror of Natural Right by Dan Edelstein
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.
"The most provocative argument in his book is that the ideas that made the revolution spiral out of control were the cult of nature and the belief in natural rights" (Notion)"
Dan Edelstein is associate professor of French at Stanford University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780226184388 |
| ISBN 10 | 0226184382 |
| Title | The Terror of Natural Right |
| Author | Dan Edelstein |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | The University of Chicago Press |
| Year published | 2009-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 350 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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