The Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen and its critics in France
Reaction and idéologie
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8956784 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeremy Jennings (Swansea University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 839-859 |
| Publication date | 1992-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Historical Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-246X • E-ISSN: 1469-5103 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0018246x00026182 |
| OpenAlex | W2168824034 |
| Language | FR |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 9 |
The focus of this article is upon the extensive debate in France that surrounded the concept, content and application of the rights of man in the years between 1789 and the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy. Beginning with a detailed analysis of the discussion that surrounded the formulation of the Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen attention turns to two broad strands of criticism directed at the discourse of rights: that articulated by the defenders of counter-revolution (most notably Montlosier, Rivarol and de Bonald) and that associated with the idéologues (Daunou, Roederer and de Tracy). Amongst the former rights were associated not only with a new species of revolutionary government but also with the political, social and moral disintegration of France itself; for the latter, emphasis, via the logic of utilitarianism, fell upon seeking to deprive the language of rights of its radical dimensions and implications. It was left to Benjamin Constant to point out the possible contradictions between the claims of utility and those of rights
Criticism · Humanities · Monarchy · Political science · Politics · Utilitarianism · European Political History Analysis · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · Law · Philosophy · Political Theory and Influence
Scepticism, priestcraft, and toleration
Cameralism and the sciences of the state
Political languages of the French Revolution
Encyclopedias and the diffusion of knowledge
The Cambridge History of Eighteenth-Century Political Thought
Social contract theory and its critics
The comparative study of regimes and societies
Carl Schmitt's Political Theory of Representation
Revisiting the Rights of Man
| Citations per year | 0.41 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2004 - 2006 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |