Constantin Volney

Volney: 'The Ruins' and 'Catechism of Natural Law'

Herausgeber: Kidd, Colin / Übersetzer: Kidd, Colin; Kidd, Lucy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A fresh modern translation of a major French Revolutionary text, whose arguments for popular sovereignty are couched in the form of an Oriental dream-tale. This is a forgotten bestseller in the history of political thought which was translated by Thomas Jefferson and hugely influenced radical poets from Shelley to Whitman.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 346g
• ISBN-13: 9781108717267
• ISBN-10: 1108717268
• Artikelnr.: 69521957

Inhaltsangabe

Translators' preface
Introduction
Chronology of Volney's life
Further reading
Biographical notes
The Ruins
Catechism of Natural Law
Appendix I. Volney's endnotes and sources
Appendix II. Volney's Black Egyptianist passages
Appendix III. Significant textual variants
Index.