The Question of Man-Citizen Cooperation in the Declaration of Rights of 1789 from a Marxian Perspective

Melis Aktaş

doi:10.20981/kuufefd.37121

The Question of Man-Citizen Cooperation in the Declaration of Rights of 1789 from a Marxian Perspective

Abstract

The Declaration of Rights of 1789 has been always regarded as a gain of “rights” in the domains of freedom, equality and right of property in the history of man. While we find within it “Man” and “Citizen” as the keywords we usually ignore what these are actually standing for. In fact this division of “Man” and “Citizen” is nothing but an affirmation of capitalism offering people to lead two separate lives in two distinct realms. This in turn gives us the possibility to come across the abstract “Man” covering up its being the bourgeois himself in reality along with the legal term “Citizen” infused with morality, introduced as if in a justification of his demand for the rights. And just there we find Marx who in his way puts an end to the dissimulation in question. So this work aims, in the line of Marx, an uncovering of the identities of the “Man” and “Citizen” in the declaration.

Keywords

Social Contract; Natural Man; Citizen; Freedom; Equality; Property; Bourgeoisie; Capitalism

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Primary Language

eng

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Authors

Melis Aktaş This is me

Publication Date

October 30, 2014

Submission Date

February 25, 2016

Acceptance Date

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Published in Issue

Year 2014 Number: 23

DOI

https://doi.org/10.20981/kuufefd.37121

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https://izlik.org/JA67UT89MU

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APA

Aktaş, M. (2014). The Question of Man-Citizen Cooperation in the Declaration of Rights of 1789 from a Marxian Perspective. Kaygı. Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Felsefe Dergisi, 23, 75-85. https://doi.org/10.20981/kuufefd.37121

AMA

1.Aktaş M. The Question of Man-Citizen Cooperation in the Declaration of Rights of 1789 from a Marxian Perspective. Kaygı. 2014;(23):75-85. doi:10.20981/kuufefd.37121

Chicago

Aktaş, Melis. 2014. “The Question of Man-Citizen Cooperation in the Declaration of Rights of 1789 from a Marxian Perspective”. Kaygı. Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Felsefe Dergisi, nos. 23: 75-85. https://doi.org/10.20981/kuufefd.37121.

EndNote

Aktaş M (October 1, 2014) The Question of Man-Citizen Cooperation in the Declaration of Rights of 1789 from a Marxian Perspective. Kaygı. Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Felsefe Dergisi 23 75–85.

IEEE

[1]M. Aktaş, “The Question of Man-Citizen Cooperation in the Declaration of Rights of 1789 from a Marxian Perspective”, Kaygı, no. 23, pp. 75–85, Oct. 2014, doi: 10.20981/kuufefd.37121.

ISNAD

Aktaş, Melis. “The Question of Man-Citizen Cooperation in the Declaration of Rights of 1789 from a Marxian Perspective”. Kaygı. Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Felsefe Dergisi. 23 (October 1, 2014): 75-85. https://doi.org/10.20981/kuufefd.37121.

JAMA

1.Aktaş M. The Question of Man-Citizen Cooperation in the Declaration of Rights of 1789 from a Marxian Perspective. Kaygı. 2014;:75–85.

MLA

Aktaş, Melis. “The Question of Man-Citizen Cooperation in the Declaration of Rights of 1789 from a Marxian Perspective”. Kaygı. Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Felsefe Dergisi, no. 23, Oct. 2014, pp. 75-85, doi:10.20981/kuufefd.37121.

Vancouver

1.Melis Aktaş. The Question of Man-Citizen Cooperation in the Declaration of Rights of 1789 from a Marxian Perspective. Kaygı. 2014 Oct. 1;(23):75-8. doi:10.20981/kuufefd.37121