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

Author:   J. G. Fichte ,  Jeffrey Church ,  Jeffrey Church ,  Anna Marisa Schön
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
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9781438482163


Pages:   280
Publication Date:   02 July 2021
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Contribution to the Correction of the Public's Judgments on the French Revolution


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"The reception history of the French Revolution in France and England is well documented among Anglophone scholars; however, the debate over the Revolution in Germany is much less well known. Fichte's Contribution played an important role in this debate. Presented here for the first time in English, Fichte's work provides a distinctive synthesis of Locke's ""possessive individualism,"" Rousseau's general will, and Kant's moral philosophy. This eclectic blend results in an unusual rights theory that at times veers close to a form of anarchism. Written in 1792–93, just before Fichte moved to Jena to develop his philosophical system in a series of works—above all the Wissenschaftslehre of 1794—the Contribution provides invaluable insight into Fichte's early development. In addition, Fichte's work predates much of Kant's political philosophy, and can shed light on the rich dialogue in German political thought in the 1790s."

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Author:   J. G. Fichte ,  Jeffrey Church ,  Jeffrey Church ,  Anna Marisa Schön
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.227kg
ISBN:  

9781438482163


ISBN 10:   1438482167
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   02 July 2021
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction Translators' Note Chronology Contribution to the Correction of the Public's Judgments on the French Revolution Book One: On Judging the Legitimacy of a Revolution Preface Introduction 1. Does a People Actually Have the Right to Change Its Constitution? 2. Sketch of the Further Course of the Examination 3. Is the Right to Change the Constitution Alienable through the Contract of All with All? 4. On Privileged Classes in General, in Relation to the Right of Changing the State 5. On the Aristocracy in Particular, in Relation to the Right of Constitutional Change 6. On the Church, in Relation to the Right of Constitutional Change Afterword Appendix One: Correspondence Appendix Two: Review by Friedrich von Gentz Glossary Index

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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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