The Headless Republic
Subtitle: Sacrificial Violence In Modern French Thought
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: April 28, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9780801441509
Subjects: European history: c 1750 to c 1900; Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present; Political activism; Sacrifice; Philosophy; History - General History; History; Revolutions; History: World; France; Political; Europe - France; History & Theory - General; Revolutionary; Violence in Society; Legitimacy of governments; Political violence
First sentence: Western political theory has long contemplated the problem of political foundation.