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In Defence of the Terror: Liberty or Death in the French Revolution
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- ISBN
- 9781784782023
- Book Title
- In Defence of the Terror : Liberty or Death in the French Revolution
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Item Length
- 7.7 in
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.5 in
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- Europe / France, Revolutionary, Essays
- Item Weight
- 5.8 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.1 in
- Number of Pages
- 144 Pages
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For two hundred years after the French Revolution, the Republican tradition celebrated the execution of princes and aristocrats, defending the Terror that the Revolution inflicted upon on its enemies. But recent decades have brought a marked change in sensibility. The Revolution is no longer judged in terms of historical necessity but rather by .timeless. standards of morality. In this succinct essay, Sophie Wahnich explains how, contrary to prevailing interpretations, the institution of Terror sought to put a brake on legitimate popular violence.in Danton.s words, to .be terrible so as to spare the people the need to be so..and was subsequently subsumed in a logic of war. The Terror was .a process welded to a regime of popular sovereignty, the only alternatives being to defeat tyranny or die for liberty..
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Publisher
Verso Books
ISBN-10
1784782025
ISBN-13
9781784782023
eBay Product ID (ePID)
215293193
Product Key Features
Book Title
In Defence of the Terror : Liberty or Death in the French Revolution
Number of Pages
144 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2016
Topic
Europe / France, Revolutionary, Essays
Genre
History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
5.8 Oz
Item Length
7.7 in
Item Width
5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
""In Defence of the Terror" is a provocative and compelling essay, well written and impressively concise, with a good mix of contemporary resonance and archival detail."--Peter Hallward "An intriguing take on modern social issues and history."--"The Midwest Book Review" "In this portable (5.5 x 8") study, Wahnich (the Laboratory of the Anthropology of Institutions and Social Organizations, France) goes against current historical interpretations of the Jacobin Terror of the French Revolution when she says that the Terror was a precisely planned and controlled attempt to prevent further violence by the public. She also compares the French revolutionary Terror with recent fundamentalist terrorism."--"Book News" "From the Hardcover edition.", " In Defence of the Terror is a provocative and compelling essay, well written and impressively concise, with a good mix of contemporary resonance and archival detail." --Peter Hallward "An intriguing take on modern social issues and history." -- The Midwest Book Review "In this portable study, Wahnich goes against current historical interpretations of the Jacobin Terror of the French Revolution when she says that the Terror was a precisely planned and controlled attempt to prevent further violence by the public. She also compares the French revolutionary Terror with recent fundamentalist terrorism." -- Book News
Target Audience
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Dewey Decimal
944.04/4
Lc Classification Number
Dc176.5.W3413 2016
Copyright Date
2016
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