Regicide and Revolution - by Michael Walzer (Paperback)

Name: Regicide and Revolution - by Michael Walzer (Paperback)
Brand: Columbia University Press
SKU: 1008290045
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Maintaining that the trial and public execution of Louis XVI was an absolutely essential part of the French Revolution, Walzer discusses two types of regicide: the first, committed by would-be kings or their agents, left the monarchy's mystique and divine right intact, while the second was a revolutionary act intended to destroy it completely.
About the Author: Michael Walzer is a member of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Princeton.
272 Pages
History, Europe

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Maintaining that the trial and public execution of Louis XVI was an absolutely essential part of the French Revolution, Walzer discusses two types of regicide: the first, committed by would-be kings or their agents, left the monarchy's mystique and divine right intact, while the second was a revolutionary act intended to destroy it completely.

Walzer defends the trial and execution of Louis XVI as necessary, since it not only tried to destroy the monarchy's mystique and divine right, but also required the deputies to fully explain their guiding philosophies and applied the rules of judicial process to establish equality before the law.

New to this edition is an appendix containing "Revolutionary Justice," Ferenc Feher's classic rebuttal to Walzer's thesis, and Walzer's response, "The King's Trial and the Political Culture of the Revolution."

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A very provocative essay, fecund with insights into the enduring problems of citizenship, servitude, political responsibility and legislative statesmanship."-- "The New Republic"

About the Author

Michael Walzer is a member of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Princeton. His other books include Just and Unjust Wars and Exodus and Revolution.

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Weight: .8 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 272

Genre: History

Sub-Genre: Europe

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Theme: France

Format: Paperback

Author: Michael Walzer

Language: English

Street Date: March 25, 1993

TCIN: 1008290045

UPC: 9780231082594

Item Number (DPCI): 247-16-8729

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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