4. What Is Privilege? A Rhetoric of Amnesia

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Editor's Introduction ix
4. Preface xix
5. 1. Introduction 1
6. 2. What Is the Third Estate? 41
7. 3. Political Economy, Social Contract, and Representation: The Foundations of Sieyes's Political Thought 66
8. 4. What Is Privilege? A Rhetoric of Amnesia 109
9. 5. What Is the Citizen? The Denial of Political Equality 145
10. 6. An Uncontrollable Revolution 185
11. Epilogue: The Paradoxical History of Sieyes's Rhetorical Devices 198
12. Bibliography 205
13. Index 213