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Colette's Republic
Patricia A. Tilburg
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Description for Colette's Republic
Hardback. In France's Third Republic, secularism was, for its adherents, a new faith, a civic religion founded on a rabid belief in progress and the Enlightenment conviction that men (and women) could remake their world. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6 ills. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
In France’s Third Republic, secularism was, for its adherents, a new faith, a civic religion founded on a rabid belief in progress and the Enlightenment conviction that men (and women) could remake their world. And yet with all of its pragmatic smoothing over of the supernatural edges of Catholicism, the Third Republic engendered its own fantastical ways of seeing by embracing observation, corporeal dynamism, and imaginative introspection. How these republican ideals and the new national education system of the 1870s and 80s - the structure meant to impart these ideals - shaped belle époque popular culture is the focus ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
246
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845455712
SKU
V9781845455712
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About Patricia A. Tilburg
Patricia A. Tilburg is an Associate Professor of History at Davidson College.
Reviews for Colette's Republic
“... a finely crafted study…The wealth of her scholarly evidence aside, Tilburg develops [her] arguments with magisterial care, resulting in a book that deserves the attention of all students of contemporary French history. Highly recommended.” · Choice While building on the work of [other scholars], Tilburg makes her own significant contribution to the field by combining a study of ... Read more