{"product_id":"regicide-and-revolution-michael-walzer-9780231082594","title":"Regicide and Revolution: Speeches at the Trial of Louis XVI","description":"\u003cp\u003eMaintaining that the trial and public execution of Louis XVI was an absolutely essential part of the French Revolution, Walzer discusses two types of regicide: the first, committed by would-be kings or their agents, left the monarchy's mystique and divine right intact, while the second was a revolutionary act intended to destroy it completely. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWalzer defends the trial and execution of Louis XVI as necessary, since it not only tried to destroy the monarchy's mystique and divine right, but also required the deputies to fully explain their guiding philosophies and applied the rules of judicial process to establish equality before the law. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNew to this edition is an appendix containing \"Revolutionary Justice,\" Ferenc Feher's classic rebuttal to Walzer's thesis, and Walzer's response, \"The King's Trial and the Political Culture of the Revolution.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Walzer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231082592\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231082594\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/25\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.70d","brand":"Michael Walzer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43993941213439,"sku":"9780231082594","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d1295ca3-c073-4169-adfa-16703ea858fd.jpg?v=1683327185","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/regicide-and-revolution-michael-walzer-9780231082594","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}