The Furies : : Violence and Terror in the French and Russian Revolutions / / Arno J. Mayer.
The great romance and fear of bloody revolution--strange blend of idealism and terror--have been superseded by blind faith in the bloodless expansion of human rights and global capitalism. Flying in the face of history, violence is dismissed as rare, immoral, and counterproductive. Arguing against t...
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2013] ©2000 |
Year of Publication: | 2013 |
Edition: | Course Book |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (736 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION
- PART ONE. CONCEPTUAL SIGNPOSTS
- PART TWO. CRESCENDO OF VIOLENCE
- PART THREE. METROPOLITAN CONDESCENSION AND RURAL DISTRUST
- PART FOUR. THE SACRED CONTESTED
- PART FIVE. A WORLD UNHINGED
- INDEX