{"product_id":"volney-the-ruins-and-catechism-of-natural-law-hardback-9781108493109","title":"Volney: ‘The Ruins' and ‘Catechism of Natural Law' (Hardback) 9781108493109","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eVolney: ‘The Ruins' and ‘Catechism of Natural Law'\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFresh, modern translation of a major French Revolutionary text, which argues for popular sovereignty in the form of a dream-tale.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eConstantin Volney (Author), Colin Kidd (Edited and translated by), Lucy Kidd (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108493109, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 February 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e270 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.2 x 14.5 x 1.6 cm, 0.47 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eVolney was once as influential as Tom Paine, and the author of one of the most popular works of the French Revolutionary era. The Ruins of Empires makes an argument for popular sovereignty, couched in the alluring and accessible form of an Oriental dream-tale. A favourite of both Thomas Jefferson, who translated it, and the young Abraham Lincoln, the Ruins advances a scheme of radical, utopian politics premised upon the deconstruction of all the world's religions. It was widely celebrated by radicals in Britain and America, and exercised an enormous influence on poets from Percy Bysshe Shelley to Walt Whitman for its indictments of tyranny and priestcraft. Volney instead advocates a return to natural precepts shorn of superstition, set out in his sequel, the Catechism of Natural Law. These days Volney enjoys a high profile in African-American Studies as a proponent of Black Egyptianism.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eTranslators' preface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Chronology of Volney's life\u003cbr\u003e Further reading\u003cbr\u003e Biographical notes\u003cbr\u003e The Ruins\u003cbr\u003e Catechism of Natural Law\u003cbr\u003e Appendix I. Volney's endnotes and sources\u003cbr\u003e Appendix II. Volney's Black Egyptianist passages\u003cbr\u003e Appendix III. Significant textual variants\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Miscellaneous items [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Miscellaneous items\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Miscellaneous%20items%20%5BWZ%5D%22\"\u003eWZ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52415687426328,"sku":"9781108493109","price":81.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781108493109i.jpg?v=1784423436","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/volney-the-ruins-and-catechism-of-natural-law-hardback-9781108493109","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}