Seven Saint-Just and the Problem of Heroism in the French Revolution
1. All the references in this article refer to this edition: Antoine de Saint-Just, De la nature . . ., in Frammenti sulli Istituzioni repubblicane seguito da testi inediti (Torino: Einaudi, 1952). [BACK]
2. J.-P. Gross, "Essai de bibliographie critique," in Actes du Colloque Saint-Just (Paris: PUF, 1968), pp. 343-463. [BACK]
6. The same passive meaning is found on p. 142, where Saint-Just writes: "The natural pact excludes any particular force that is independent of the sovereign." This should read, "with regard to the sovereign." [BACK]
7. De la nature . . ., p. 156.
8. Ibid., p. 157.
9. Ibid., p. 175.
10. Ibid., p. 143.
11. Ibid.
12. Ibid., p. 148. [BACK]
7. De la nature . . ., p. 156.
8. Ibid., p. 157.
9. Ibid., p. 175.
10. Ibid., p. 143.
11. Ibid.
12. Ibid., p. 148. [BACK]
7. De la nature . . ., p. 156.
8. Ibid., p. 157.
9. Ibid., p. 175.
10. Ibid., p. 143.
11. Ibid.
12. Ibid., p. 148. [BACK]
7. De la nature . . ., p. 156.
8. Ibid., p. 157.
9. Ibid., p. 175.
10. Ibid., p. 143.
11. Ibid.
12. Ibid., p. 148. [BACK]
7. De la nature . . ., p. 156.
8. Ibid., p. 157.
9. Ibid., p. 175.
10. Ibid., p. 143.
11. Ibid.
12. Ibid., p. 148. [BACK]
7. De la nature . . ., p. 156.
8. Ibid., p. 157.
9. Ibid., p. 175.
10. Ibid., p. 143.
11. Ibid.
12. Ibid., p. 148. [BACK]
13. George Gurvitch, L'Idée du droit social (Paris: PUF, 1932), p. 15. [BACK]
18. Jean Richer, ''Charles Nodier de la Révolution française," in Philosophies de la Révolution (Paris: Vrin, 1984). [BACK]
19. M.J. Lasky, Utopia and Revolution (Chicago, 1976), pp. 239-259. [BACK]
20. De la nature . . ., p. 161. [BACK]
21. Michael Walzer, The Revolution of the Saints (New York, 1976). [BACK]
22. De la nature . . ., p. 155. [BACK]
23. Frammenti , p. 49. [BACK]
24. Kant, Religion Within the Limits of Reason Alone , 1793. [BACK]
25. Miguel Abensour, "La théorie des institutions et les relations du législateur et du peuple selon Saint-Just," in Actes du Colloque Saint-Just (Paris: PUF, 1968), pp. 239-290. [BACK]
26. Frammenti , p. 47. [BACK]
27. Jules Michelet, Histoire de la Révolution française , vol. 2 (Paris: La Pleiade, 1952), P. 79.
28. Ibid., p. 73. [BACK]
27. Jules Michelet, Histoire de la Révolution française , vol. 2 (Paris: La Pleiade, 1952), P. 79.
28. Ibid., p. 73. [BACK]
29. Saint-Just, Discours et Rapports (Paris: Editions Sociales, 1957), pp. 63, 65, 67. [BACK]
30. Saint-Just, Oeuvres (Paris: Vellay, 1908), 1:398. [BACK]
31. Michael Walzer, Regicide and Revolution (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press), 1974. [BACK]
32. Discours , pp. 186-187. [BACK]
33. Frammenti , p. 52. [BACK]
34. Hölderlin, Hymns, Elegies and Other Poems (Paris: Gallimard, 1983), Introduction, p. 8. [BACK]
35. Discours , p. 196.
36. Ibid., p. 183. [BACK]
35. Discours , p. 196.
36. Ibid., p. 183. [BACK]
37. Claude Lefort, L'invention démocratique (Paris: Fayard, 1981). [BACK]
38. Paul Celan, Le méridien (Mercure de France, 1971). [BACK]