{"product_id":"the-terror-of-natural-right-republicanism-the-cult-of-nature-and-the-french-revolution-9780226184395","title":"The Terror of Natural Right: Republicanism, the Cult of Nature, and the French Revolution","description":"\u003cp\u003eNatural right-the idea that there is a collection of laws and rights based not on custom or belief but that are \"natural\" in origin-is typically associated with liberal politics and freedom. In \u003ci\u003eThe Terror of Natural Right\u003c\/i\u003e, Dan Edelstein argues that the revolutionaries 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. Edelstein further contends that the Jacobins shared a political philosophy that he calls \"natural republicanism,\" which assumed that the natural state of society was a republic and that natural right provided its only acceptable laws. Ultimately, he proves that what we call the Terror was in fact only one facet of the republican theory that prevailed from Louis's trial until the fall of Robespierre. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A highly original work of historical analysis, political theory, literary criticism, and intellectual history, \u003ci\u003eThe Terror of Natural Right\u003c\/i\u003e challenges prevailing assumptions of the Terror to offer a new perspective on the Revolutionary period.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dan Edelstein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226184395\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDan Edelstein \u003c\/b\u003eis associate professor of French at Stanford University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44812764971123,"sku":"9780226184395","price":55.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_3a51b161-8c42-461a-a895-06b3987ff721.jpg?v=1776777194","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-terror-of-natural-right-republicanism-the-cult-of-nature-and-the-french-revolution-9780226184395","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}