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Emmanuel Joseph Sieyes : the essential political writings /

The edition contains all of Sieyès's ""Essential Political Writings"" during the revolutionary decade (1789-1799), among them his famous pamphlet What is the Third Estate? as well as the less well known, but no less important later Thermidor speeches

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sieyès, Emmanuel Joseph, comte, 1748-1836 (Author)
Other Authors: Lembcke, Oliver (Editor), Weber, Florian, 1978- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Francés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2014.
Series:Studies in the history of political thought ; v. 9.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to Sieyes's political theory / Oliver W. Lembcke and Florian Weber
  • What is the third estate?
  • Reasoned exposition of the rights of man and citizen
  • Controversy between Mr. Paine and M. Emanuel Syeyes
  • Of the gains of liberty in society and in the representative system
  • Sieyes's views concerning several articles of sections IV and V of the draft constitution
  • The opinion of Sieyes concerning the tasks and organization of the constitutional jury, submitted on the second thermidor
  • Constitutional observations.
  • Foreword; Note to the Reader; Acknowledgements; Introduction to Sieyès's Political Theory (Lembcke and Weber); Chapter 1. What Is the Third Estate?; Chapter 2. Reasoned Exposition of the Rights of Man and Citizen; Chapter 3. Controversy between Mr. Paine and M. Emmanuel Sieyès; Chapter 4. Of the Gains of Liberty in Society and in the Representative System; Chapter 5. Sieyès's Views Concerning Several Articles of Sections IV and V of the Draft Constitution [First Thermidorian Intervention].
  • Chapter 6. The Opinion of Sieyès Concerning the Tasks and Organization of the Constitutional Jury, Submitted on the Second Thermidor [Second Thermidorian Intervention]Chapter 7. Constitutional Observations; Bibliography; Index.