2. A priori conceptions of political order: regime of authority, regime of liberty

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction xi
5. Notes to the introduction xliv
6. PART ONE
7. 1. Political dualism - authority and liberty: opposition and interconnection of the two ideas 1
8. 2. A priori conceptions of political order: regime of authority, regime of liberty 8
9. 3. Forms of government 12
10. 4. Compromise between the principles: origins of political contradictions 18
11. 5. De facto governments: social dissolution 23
12. 6. The political problem posed: the principle of a solution 30
13. 7. Isolation of the idea of federation 36
14. 8. A progressive constitution 43
15. 9. What has delayed federation: factors hindering the idea 50
16. 10. Political idealism: efficacy of federal guarantees 57
17. 11. Economic sanctions: the agro-industrial federation 67
18. PART TWO
19. 1. The Jacobin tradition: federalist Gaul, monarchical France 77
20. Translator's notes on the text 83