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RIGHTS, REPRESENTATION, AND REFORM
NONSENSE UPON STILTS AND OTHER WRITINGS ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION |
| By: |
Jeremy Bentham, Philip Schofield (Editor), Cyprian Blamires (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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£210.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
019924863X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780199248636 |
| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
7 March, 2002 |
| Series: |
The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham |
| Pages: |
556 |
| Language: |
English, French |
| Description: |
Bentham's writings for the French Revolution were dominated by the themes of rights, representation, and reform. In 'Nonsense upon Stilts' (hitherto known as 'Anarchical Fallacies'), the most devastating attack on the theory of natural rights ever written, he argued that natural rights provided an unsuitable basis for stable legal and political arrangements. In discussing the nature of representation he produced the earliest utilitarian justification of politicalequality and representative democracy, even recommending women's suffrage. |
| Synopsis: |
The French Revolution provided Bentham with what appeared to him to be an exciting opportunity to influence the reconstruction of the French state. Drawing on his knowledge of English political and constitutional practice, as well as the theoretical resources he had developed in his own work, he suggested imaginative and innovative measures to achieve the peaceful and constitutional reform in France. In discussing the nature of representation he produced the earliest utilitarian justification of political equality and representative democracy, even recommending women's suffrage. Moreover, he provided a major critique of the dominant constitutional theory of the division of power, including both the doctrine of the balance of powers and that of the separation of powers.Turning his attention to Britain, for a time he advocated measures of parlimentary reform, but becoming disenchanted with the course of the Revolution he produced the celebrated 'Nonsense upon Stilts' (hitherto known as 'Anarchical Fallacies'), the most devastating attack on the theory of natural rights ever written, in which he argued that natural rights provided an unsuitable basis for stable legal and political arrangements. All the essays published in this volume, with the exception of Emancipate your Colonies!, an important early critique of colony-holding, are based on the original manuscript sources, many of which have not been previously published in any form. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press |
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Non-returnable |
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