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The Fall of the French Monarchy 1787-1792

By: Michel Vovelle

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The Fall of the French Monarchy 1787-1792

By: Michel Vovelle

The first volume in The French Revolution Series, on the fall of the French monarchy 1787-1792.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521289165

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9780521289160

Terror

The French Revolution and Its Demons

By: Michel Biard,Marisa Linton

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Terror

The French Revolution and Its Demons

By: Michel Biard,Marisa Linton

At the heart of how history sees the French Revolution lies the enigma of the Terror. How did this archetypal revolution, founded on the principles of liberty and equality and the promotion of human rights, arrive at circumstances where it carried out the violent and terrible repression of its opponents? The guillotine, initially designed to be a ‘humane’ form of capital punishment, became a formidable instrument of political repression and left a deep imprint, not only on how we see the Revolution, but also on how France’s image has been depicted in the world. This book reconstructs the Terror in all its complexity. It shows that the popular view of a so-called ‘system of terror’ was retrospectively invented by the group of revolutionaries who overthrew Robespierre, as a way of trying to exonerate themselves from culpability. What we think of as ‘the Terror’ is best understood as an improvised and sometimes chaotic response to events, based on the urgent needs of a revolutionary government confronted by a succession of political and military crises. It was a government of ‘exception’ – a crisis government. Terror brings together a wealth of factual elements, along with recent thinking on the ideological, emotional and tactical dimensions of revolutionary politics, to throw new light on how the phenomenon of terror came to demonise the image and memory of the French Revolution. It will be essential reading for students and scholars of the French Revolution and for anyone concerned with the ways in which political conflict can descend into violence.

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250

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John Wiley & Sons

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1509548378

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9781509548378

Poetics of the Literary Self-Portrait

By: Michel Beaujour

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Poetics of the Literary Self-Portrait

By: Michel Beaujour

Investigates the literary self-portrait genre. From St Augustine to Montaigne, and from Nietzsche to Barthes, individual self-portraits are analyzed along with the cultural matrix from which self-portrayal derives its non-narrative structure, and many of its recurrent topics.

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436

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NYU Press

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0814711928

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9780814711927

Silencing the Past

Power and the Production of History

By: Michel-Rolph Trouillot

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Silencing the Past

Power and the Production of History

By: Michel-Rolph Trouillot

Silencing the Past is a thought-provoking analysis of historical narrative. Taking examples ranging from the Haitian Revolution to Columbus Day, Michel-Rolph Trouillot demonstrates how power operates, often invisibly, at all stages in the making of history to silence certain voices. "Makes the postmodernist debate come alive." --Choice "Trouillot, a widely respected scholar of Haitian history . . . is a first-rate scholar with provocative ideas . . . Serious students of history should find his work a feast for the mind." --Jay Freedman, Booklist "Elegantly written and richly allusive, . . . Silencing the Past is an important contribution to the anthropology of history. Its most lasting impression is made perhaps by Trouillot's own voice--endlessly agile, sometimes cuttingly funny, but always evocative in a direct and powerful, almost poetic way." --Donald L. Donham, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute "A sparkling interrogation of the past. . . . A beautifully written, superior book." --Foreign Affairs "Silencing the Past is a polished personal essay on the meanings of history. . . . [It] is filled with wisdom and humanity." --Bernard Mergen, American Studies International "An eloquent book." --Choice "Written with clarity, wit, and style throughout, this book is for everyone interested in historical culture." --Civilization "A beautifully written book, exciting in its challenges." --Eric R. Wolf "Aphoristic and witty, . . . a hard-nosed look at the soft edges of public discourse about the past." --Arjun Appadurai

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220

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Beacon Press

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0807043117

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9780807043110

The Mystic Fable, Volume One

The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

By: Michel de Certeau

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The Mystic Fable, Volume One

The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

By: Michel de Certeau

The culmination of de Certeau's lifelong engagement with the human sciences, this volume is both an analysis of Christian mysticism during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and an application of this influential scholar's transdisciplinary historiography.

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384

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University of Chicago Press

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0226100375

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9780226100371

The Writing of History

By: Michel de Certeau

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The Writing of History

By: Michel de Certeau

From the seventeenth-century attempts to formulate a "history of man" to Freud's Moses and Monotheism, de Certeau examines the West's changing conceptions of the role and nature of history.

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402

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Columbia University Press

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0231055757

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9780231055758

The Capture of Speech and Other Political Writings

By: Michel de Certeau

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The Capture of Speech and Other Political Writings

By: Michel de Certeau

In this foundational exploration of political expression and participation, de Certeau examines who has the right to speak, how this right is acquired, and what happens when this right is denied or inhibited. He emphasizes that all too often free speech is upheld in the abstract while social institutions work in such a way to deny access to effective communication.

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256

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U of Minnesota Press

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0816627681

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9780816627684

Le Concept de liberté au Canada à l’époque des Révolutions atlantiques (1776-1838)

By: Michel Ducharme

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Le Concept de liberté au Canada à l’époque des Révolutions atlantiques (1776-1838)

By: Michel Ducharme

Cet ouvrage revisite l'histoire intellectuelle et politique canadienne entre la révolution américaine et les rébellions de 1837-1838 au Haut et au Bas-Canada en la réintégrant dans le cadre des Révolutions atlantiques qui ont secoué l'Europe et l'Amérique entre 1776 et 1838. Reposant sur un cadre théorique inspiré des travaux des historiens intellectuels du monde atlantique, il traite plus particulièrement de l'importance du concept de liberté dans le développement de l'État dans les deux colonies. Il démontre que ces dernières se sont développés dès 1791 en suivant un idéal de liberté qui, tout en étant différent de la liberté à l'oeuvre au sein des mouvements révolutionnaires de la fin du XVIIIe siècle, n'en était pas moins issu des Lumières. Il présente également les rébellions de 1837-1838 comme étant en partie le résultat d'un affrontement entre deux concepts très différents de liberté.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773576029

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9780773576025

Red

The History of a Color

By: Michel Pastoureau

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Red

The History of a Color

By: Michel Pastoureau

A beautifully illustrated visual and cultural history of the color red throughout the ages The color red has represented many things, from the life force and the divine to love, lust, and anger. Up through the Middle Ages, red held a place of privilege in the Western world. For many cultures, red was not just one color of many but rather the only color worthy enough to be used for social purposes. In some languages, the word for red was the same as the word for color. The first color developed for painting and dying, red became associated in antiquity with war, wealth, and power. In the medieval period, red held both religious significance, as the color of the blood of Christ and the fires of Hell, and secular meaning, as a symbol of love, glory, and beauty. Yet during the Protestant Reformation, red began to decline in status. Viewed as indecent and immoral and linked to luxury and the excesses of the Catholic Church, red fell out of favor. After the French Revolution, red gained new respect as the color of progressive movements and radical left-wing politics. In this beautifully illustrated book, Michel Pastoureau, the acclaimed author of Blue, Black, and Green, now masterfully navigates centuries of symbolism and complex meanings to present the fascinating and sometimes controversial history of the color red. Pastoureau illuminates red's evolution through a diverse selection of captivating images, including the cave paintings of Lascaux, the works of Renaissance masters, and the modern paintings and stained glass of Mark Rothko and Josef Albers.

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Princeton University Press

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0691251371

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9780691251370

The Fall of the French Monarchy 1787-1792

By: Michel Vovelle

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The Fall of the French Monarchy 1787-1792

By: Michel Vovelle

The first volume in The French Revolution Series, on the fall of the French monarchy 1787-1792.

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Cambridge University Press

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The Fall of the French Monarchy 1787-1792

The Fall of the French Monarchy 1787-1792

Terror

Terror

Poetics of the Literary Self-Portrait

Poetics of the Literary Self-Portrait

Silencing the Past

Silencing the Past

The Mystic Fable, Volume One

The Mystic Fable, Volume One

The Writing of History

The Writing of History

The Capture of Speech and Other Political Writings

The Capture of Speech and Other Political Writings

Le Concept de liberté au Canada à l’époque des Révolutions atlantiques (1776-1838)

Le Concept de liberté au Canada à l’époque des Révolutions atlantiques (1776-1838)

Red

Red

The Fall of the French Monarchy 1787-1792

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