Emmanuel Joseph Sieyes : the essential political writings / edited, with an introduction and historical annotations by Oliver W. Lembcke, Florian Weber.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Matter / Oliver W. Lembcke and Florian Weber -- Introduction to Sieyès's Political Theory / Oliver W. Lembcke and Florian Weber -- What Is the Third Estate? / Oliver W. Lembcke and Florian Weber -- Reasoned Exposition of the Rights of Man and Citizen / Oliver W. Lembcke and Florian Weber -- Controversy between Mr. Paine and M. Emmanuel Sieyès / Oliver W. Lembcke and Florian Weber -- Of the Gains of Liberty in Society and in the Representative System / Oliver W. Lembcke and Florian Weber -- Sieyès's Views Concerning Several Articles of Sections IV and V of the Draft Constitution [First Thermidorian Intervention] / Oliver W. Lembcke and Florian Weber -- The Opinion of Sieyès Concerning the Tasks and Organization of the Constitutional Jury, Submitted on the Second Thermidor [Second Thermidorian Intervention] / Oliver W. Lembcke and Florian Weber -- Constitutional Observations / Oliver W. Lembcke and Florian Weber -- Bibliography / Oliver W. Lembcke and Florian Weber -- Index / Oliver W. Lembcke and Florian Weber.

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Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès occupies a prominent place within the history of political thought. He stands at the forefront of both the discourses on human rights and on democratic constitutionalism. And yet, because of his theory of the constituent power he holds a somewhat ambivalent reputation as an advocate of permanent revolution. This state of reception is largely due to the fact that the better part of his work has hitherto not been edited outside of France. The edition Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès: The Essential Political Writings proposes to fill out this desideratum. It seeks to portray Sieyès, against the backdrop of an enlarged textual corpus, as a moderate proponent of the constitutional State.