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In Part IV we shall extend our examination of the constitution of the nation to an analysis of the construction of the state. In truth, the two cannot be separated, for the state constructed by the Revolution claims to be a representation of the sovereign power of the nation. And as a representation, the principles guiding the state’s construction are going to depend on the specification of what exactly, within this context, is understood by representation.
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See Maximilien Robespierre, Oeuvres complètes de Maximilien Robespierre, ed. M. Bouloi-seau et al, vol. 8: Discours. Octobre 1791–Septembre 1792 (Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1954) p. 410.
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Singer, B.C.J. (1986). The Problem of Political Representation. In: Society, Theory and the French Revolution. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-18361-6_11
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