The Moral Dimension of the Declaration of Rights of 1789: Some Considerations based on Axel Honneth’s Theory of Recognition
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French revolution, Rights of man, Axel Honneth, theory of tecognition, revolutionary political culture
Abstract
From the very moment of its proclamation, the self-evident political nature of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen aided to overshadow the moral character of its principles. Based on the theory of recognition developed by Axel Honneth, this paper will try to recover the moral dimension of said document. To this end, the analysis proposed here will focus not as much on the actual text of the Declaration as on the parliamentary debates that produced it.Downloads
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Escalante P. F. (2017). The Moral Dimension of the Declaration of Rights of 1789: Some Considerations based on Axel Honneth’s Theory of Recognition. Res Publica. Revista de Historia de las Ideas Políticas, 20(2), 259-274. https://doi.org/10.5209/RPUB.56469
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