Contribution to the Correction of the Public's Judgments on the French Revolution

J. G. Fichte

Published by SUNY Press 2021

Contribution to the Correction of the Public's Judgments on the French Revolution

J. G. Fichte
Edited by: Jeffrey Church and Anna Marisa Schön
With contributions by: Jeffrey Church and Anna Marisa Schön

In the series SUNY series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781438482187

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About this book

First translation into English of Fichte’s major work on the French Revolution.

Author / Editor information

Jeffrey Church is Professor of Political Science at the University of Houston. His books include Infinite Autonomy: The Divided Individual in the Political Thought of G. W. F. Hegel and Friedrich Nietzsche. Anna Marisa Schön is a PhD candidate in Political Science at the University of Houston.

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Front Matter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Introduction Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Translators’ Note Publicly Available Download PDF	xxv
Chronology Publicly Available Download PDF	xxix
On Judging the Legitimacy of a Revolution
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
The Basic Principles by Which One Ought to Judge Constitutional Changes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
Does a People Actually Have the Right to Change Its Constitution? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
Sketch of the Further Course of the Examination Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
Is the Right to Change the Constitution Alienable through the Contract of All with All? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
On Privileged Classes in General, in Relation to the Right of Changing the State Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
On the Aristocracy in Particular, in Relation to the Right of Constitutional Change Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
On the Church, in Relation to the Right of Constitutional Change Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
Afterword Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
Correspondence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
Review of Fichte’s Contribution by Friedrich von Gentz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
German–English Glossary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237

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Language: English
Publisher: SUNY Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 280
Illustrations
- Other: Total Illustrations: 0
Keywords: Politics and Law : Political Philosophy; Politics and Law : Political Theory; History : European History; Politics and Law : European Politics; Philosophy : German Idealism

eBook

Published: March 1, 2021
ISBN: 9781438482187