Journal article

The Right of Resistance and the History of Ideas

Pages 29 to 40

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  • Desmons, É.
(2015). The Right of Resistance and the History of Ideas. Pouvoirs, No 155(4), 29-40. https://doi.org/10.3917/pouv.155.0029.

  • Desmons, Éric.
« The Right of Resistance and the History of Ideas ». Pouvoirs, 2015/4 No 155, 2015. p.29-40. CAIRN.INFO, droit.cairn.info/journal-pouvoirs-2015-4-page-29?lang=en.

  • DESMONS, Éric,
2015. The Right of Resistance and the History of Ideas. Pouvoirs, 2015/4 No 155, p.29-40. DOI : 10.3917/pouv.155.0029. URL : https://droit.cairn.info/journal-pouvoirs-2015-4-page-29?lang=en.

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.

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