Journal article
The Right of Resistance and the History of Ideas
- By Éric Desmons
Pages 29 to 40
Cite this article
- DESMONS, Éric,
- Desmons, Éric.
- Desmons, É.
https://doi.org/10.3917/pouv.155.0029
Cite this article
- Desmons, É.
- Desmons, Éric.
- DESMONS, Éric,
https://doi.org/10.3917/pouv.155.0029
English
From Antigone to Martin Luther King Jr., the figures of legitimate resistance to oppression are timeless. On the other hand, the doctrines which promote a right of resistance are historically determined. They assume the existence of a particular mental complex articulating a juridical conception of politics and a philosophy of law which permit its consecration. The 17th and 18th centuries were the crucible of this approach.