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In Defence of the Terror: Liberty or Death in the French Revolution
Sophie Wahnich
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Description for In Defence of the Terror: Liberty or Death in the French Revolution
Paperback. Provocative reassessment of the Great Terror as a price worth paying Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 367.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
168g
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784782023
SKU
V9781784782023
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About Sophie Wahnich
Sophie Wahnich is a historian based at the Laboratoire d'anthropologie des institutions et des organisations sociales in Paris. Her previous publications include L'impossible citoyen. L'etranger dans le discours de la Revolution francaise and La Longue patience du peuple: 1792, naissance de la Republique.
Reviews for In Defence of the Terror: Liberty or Death in the French Revolution
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 (5.5x8 ) study, Wahnich (the Laboratory of the Anthropology of Institutions and ... Read more