Human Rights and Humanity’s Rights During Year Three of the French Revolution

Baker, Eduardo

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“…It mostly offered an analysis of the political philosophy of law, using the oneyear period between 1792 and 1793, the Year 3 of the French Revolution, as the time frame for discussion. Baker's book focused on the period when a number of political figures were in the intense debates around the idea of Declaration and Constitution [4]. Robespierre was undoubtedly one of the key figures, and his political ideas and theories were included in author's discussion of the political philosophy of right.…”

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Rights and Violence: What is Robespierre's Relationship with the Idea of Human Rights?

Zhang

2024

CHR

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The Reign of Terror, witnessing unprecedented bloodshed, remained an enduring mystery under the theme French Revolution and widely acknowledged as a severe violation of human rights. As a leading figure, Robespierre remained a tyrannical and villain image with many puzzles unsolved. This paper would focus primarily on A Proposed Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen in 1789 by Robespierre, and draw a comparison with the official well-known version of The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen announced on August 26, 1789. The similarities and differences would be examined closely to see how Robespierre interpret the idea of human rights specifically. This paper would draw a conclusion that although Robespierre seems like a total denier of human rights, was in fact trying to defend his own understanding of human rights but in an extreme and thus inhumane way, ringing us a bell that the actual application of the human rights should always remain a scrutinized procedure rather than mere slogans.

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Rights and Violence: What is Robespierre's Relationship with the Idea of Human Rights?

Zhang

2024

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Patriotism as Freedom and the Law: Hegel as Read by Robespierre

Baker

2023

Philosophia

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Colonialism and the Sovereignty of Peoples: A Dialogue between Hegel and the French Revolution

Baker

2024

Hegel Bulletin

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This article discusses the relation between colonialism and the sovereignty of peoples through a dialogue between Hegel and the thought of the French Revolution. These two sides are relevant to each other not only because of their historical proximity, but also because of the connections that can be established when we approach the topic of colonialism through these two manifestations. Hegel is explicit that his philosophy of history and his philosophy of right are supposed to be philosophies of freedom. Yet despite the importance that he lends to freedom, Hegel also explicitly defends, in the very same text, colonial domination when he deals with the relation between peoples. A similar problem had arisen in the course of the French Revolution. Following the declarations of war, France is confronted on various occasions with the question of how to deal with other peoples and countries. With the foundation of the Republic in 1792, the relation with other peoples becomes central in the revolutionary debates. The topic of colonialism is part of the constituting debates, and not only because of the uprisings in then Saint Domingue leading to the Haitian Revolution. This article is a part of a larger research project that attempts to reassess the relations between Hegel and the French Revolution, and deals with the question of how we can re-read Hegel's interpretation of the French Revolution based on the evolving historiography of the Revolution. After an introduction of both sides of this dialogue, the paper discusses how Hegel's political philosophy can be applied to understand the debates about the emancipation of colonies that take place during the French Revolution. The next part further analyses some issues, such as the notion of sovereignty and, in the concluding remarks, I summarize my discussion and point to some avenues for further research.

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Human Rights and Humanity’s Rights During Year Three of the French Revolution

Cited by 4 publications

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Rights and Violence: What is Robespierre's Relationship with the Idea of Human Rights?

Rights and Violence: What is Robespierre's Relationship with the Idea of Human Rights?

Patriotism as Freedom and the Law: Hegel as Read by Robespierre

Colonialism and the Sovereignty of Peoples: A Dialogue between Hegel and the French Revolution

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