Book contents
- the cambridge history of rights
- The Cambridge History of Rights
- The Cambridge History of Rights
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors to Volume IV
- General Introduction
- A Note on Translations
- Introduction to Volume IV
- Part I A Revolution in Rights?
- Part II Postrevolutionary Rights
- 12 On the Nadir of Natural Rights Theory in Nineteenth-Century Britain
- 13 The 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
- 14 Rights in the Thought of Kant, Fichte, and Hegel
- 15 Rights and Socialism 1750–1880
- 16 Economic Liberalism and Rights in the Nineteenth Century
- 17 Human Rights during the 1848 Revolutions
- Part III Rights and Empires
- Index
- References
13 - The 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
A Civil Creed of the French Republic?
from Part II - Postrevolutionary Rights
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 January 2025
Book contents
- the cambridge history of rights
- The Cambridge History of Rights
- The Cambridge History of Rights
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors to Volume IV
- General Introduction
- A Note on Translations
- Introduction to Volume IV
- Part I A Revolution in Rights?
- Part II Postrevolutionary Rights
- 12 On the Nadir of Natural Rights Theory in Nineteenth-Century Britain
- 13 The 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
- 14 Rights in the Thought of Kant, Fichte, and Hegel
- 15 Rights and Socialism 1750–1880
- 16 Economic Liberalism and Rights in the Nineteenth Century
- 17 Human Rights during the 1848 Revolutions
- Part III Rights and Empires
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter explores the place and transformation of the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (DDHC) in the subsequent history of France. It argues that the DDHC underwent a process of sacralization, through which it became the foundation of French civil religion. Already in the early twentieth century, the historian Albert Mathiez remarked on this process, drawing on Émile Durkheim’s sociological analysis. This chapter extends Mathiez’s analysis.
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- The Cambridge History of Rights , pp. 323 - 340Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024
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