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Illegitimate children of the Enlightenment : anarchists and the French Revolution, 1880-1914 / C. Alexander McKinley.
Author
McKinley, C. Alexander, 1973-
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
New York : P. Lang, 2008.
Description
xii, 237 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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DC147.8 M4 2008
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Subject(s)
Anarchism
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France
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History
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Anarchists
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France
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History
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France
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History
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Revolution, 1789-1799
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Historiography
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Series
Francophone cultures and literatures ; v. 53.
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Francophone cultures and literatures, 1077-0186 ; v. 53
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Summary note
"The early years of Third French Republic (1880-1914) saw multiple political factions vying for the legacy of the French Revolution. This book examines one of those factions, the anarchist movement, and the role played by the French Revolution in its political thought and action. The French Revolution became a vital, if not well recognized, tool of the anarchist movement to popularize and legitimize its revolutionary activity while engaged in a struggle with other political forces of the Republic to claim ownership over the Revolutionary heritage. The anarchists of the Third Republic wrote histories of the Revolution that reflected their own political orientation. They asserted themselves as part of the intellectual tradition of the Enlightenment, which they believed had helped spark the Revolution. The anarchists appropriated the music and popular culture of the French Revolution in their own propaganda. Moreover, they orchestrated revolutionary action and political theatre on the day most associated with the Revolution, July 14. In the Revolution, the anarchists saw glimmers of hope, precursors to their own movement, as well as an effective means to present their message to a wider audience as they also offered models for others to imitate."--Jacket.
Notes
Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Brandeis University, 2006.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-232) and index.
Contents
1. Introduction
2. The Anarchist Historiography of the French Revolution: Part One 1780-1792
The Years Leading Up to the Revolution
August 4, 1789
Insurrection of the Peasants
The Declaration of Rights of the Man and the Citizen
October 5 and 6, 1789; August 10, 1792; and September 1792
3. The Anarchist Historiography of the Revolution: Part Two 1793-1794
The Enrages
The Convention
The Terror
The Convention as a Weapon
4. The Enlightenment and Anarchist Philosophy
Voltaire
Rousseau
Diderot
5. Anarchists and the Popular Culture of the French Revolution
Visual Images
Marianne
Song Culture
"La Marseillaise"
"Ca Ira"
"La Carmagnole"
Illustrations
6. Republican or Revolutionary Holiday? Anarchists and Bastille Day
The Third Republic and the Fete Nationale
July 14, 1789 and the Third Republic
The Anarchist Narrative of the Prise de la Bastille
The "People"
The Social Revolution
Revolutionary Violence
Y'A Rien d'Change: The Failure of the Bastille
Anarchist Action on the Fete Nationale, 1880-1914.
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ISBN
9781433100598
1433100592
LCCN
2007038049
OCLC
173182670
International Article Number
9781433100598
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