When this book was published in 1984, it reframed the debate on the French Revolution, shifting the discussion from the Revolution's role in wider, extrinsic processes (such as modernization, capitalist development, and the rise of twentieth-century totalitarian regimes) to its central political significance: the discovery of the potential of political action to consciously transform society by molding character, culture, and social relations. In a new preface to this twentieth-anniversary edition, Hunt reconsiders her work in the light of the past twenty years' scholarship.
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Reframes the debate on the French Revolution, shifting the discussion from the Revolution's role in wider, extrinsic processes to its central political significance.
List of Tables List of Plates Preface to the Twentieth Anniversary Edition Acknowledgements to the 1984 Edition Chronology Abbreviations Introduction: Interpreting the French Revolution PART I: THE POETICS OF POWER 1. The Rhetoric of Revolution 2. Symbolic Forms of Political Practice 3. The Imagery of Radicalism PART II: THE SOCIOLOGY OF POLITICS 4. The Political Geography of Revolution 5. The New Political Class 6. Outsiders, Culture Brokers, and Political Networks Conclusion: Revolution in Political Culture Appendix A: Correlation Matrix of Selected Political, Economic, and Demographic Variables Appendix B: Occupational Analysis of City Councillors in Amiens, Bordeaux, Nancy, and Toulouse Index
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ISBN
9780520241565
Publisert
2004-05-28
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Vendor
University of California Press
Vekt
318 gr
Høyde
210 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Dybde
18 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
Heftet
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