L’Esprit de la Révolution et de la Constitution de France

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L’Esprit de la Révolution et de la Constitution de France is a political treatise by Louis Antoine de Saint-Just that articulates his radical Jacobin vision of the principles and institutional foundations of the French Revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
political treatise ⓘ
advocates egalitarian social order ⓘ
primacy of the general will ⓘ
strong centralized republican government ⓘ
associatedIdeology anti-monarchism ⓘ
radical democracy ⓘ
associatedWith Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
Montagnards ⓘ
author Louis Antoine de Saint-Just ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
criticizes aristocracy ⓘ
feudal institutions ⓘ
monarchy ⓘ
discusses foundations of a republican constitution for France ⓘ
moral basis of political authority ⓘ
organization of revolutionary power ⓘ
focusesOn institutional foundations of the French Republic ⓘ
principles of revolutionary government ⓘ
genre political philosophy ⓘ
revolutionary literature ⓘ
hasTitleInEnglish The Spirit of the Revolution and of the Constitution of France ⓘ
historicalContext French Revolution ⓘ
ideologicalOrientation revolutionary republicanism ⓘ
influencedBy Enlightenment political thought ⓘ
Rousseauian republicanism ⓘ
intendedAudience French citizens engaged in the Revolution ⓘ
revolutionary legislators ⓘ
language French ⓘ
mainSubject French Revolution ⓘ
constitutional theory ⓘ
popular sovereignty ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ
virtue in politics ⓘ
movement Jacobinism ⓘ
linked to: Jacobin centralism
philosophicalTheme relationship between virtue and law ⓘ
role of institutions in preserving liberty ⓘ
sovereignty of the people ⓘ
politicalPosition radical Jacobin ⓘ
relatedWorkOfAuthor Fragments sur les institutions républicaines ⓘ
supports revolutionary terror as instrument of virtue ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed late 18th century France ⓘ

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Louis Antoine de Saint-Just → notableWork → L’Esprit de la Révolution et de la Constitution de France ⓘ
L’Esprit de la Révolution et de la Constitution de France → hasTitleInEnglish → The Spirit of the Revolution and of the Constitution of France ⓘ
linked to: L’Esprit de la Révolution et de la Constitution de France