The popular sovereignty: paradoxal fate of the revolutional principle in the post revolution age

Abstract

The article is focused on the analysis of the destiny of one of central notions of the Russo’s political philosophy — popular sovereignty. There has been demonstrated in the article, that popular sovereignty principle according to Russo is highly controversial and complicated. It became the main target of the criticism of the postrevolutionary political philosophy in France on the part of all ranged ideological advocates. There has been demonstrated, basing on the ample historico-philosophical material, how essential extension of democratic problem and articulation of the principal points of the liberal democracy theory occurred while writing of the material was being carried out.