Robespierre : : The Man Who Divides Us the Most / / Marcel Gauchet.

How Robespierre’s career and legacy embody the dangerous contradictions of democracyMaximilien Robespierre (1758–1794) is arguably the most controversial and contradictory figure of the French Revolution, inspiring passionate debate like no other protagonist of those dramatic and violent events of t...

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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Introduction The Incorruptible and the Tyrant
  • Chapter 1 The Man of the Revolution of the Rights of Man
  • Chapter 2 I, the People
  • Chapter 3 From the Authority of Principles to the Struggle for Power
  • Chapter 4 Governing the Revolution: The Rule and the Exception
  • Chapter 5 Governing the Revolution: The Undiscoverable Foundation
  • Chapter 6 The Two Faces of the Revolution and Its Legacy
  • Further Reading
  • Index