Illegitimate children of the Enlightenment : anarchists and the French Revolution, 1880-1914 / C. Alexander McKinley.

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McKinley, C. Alexander, 1973- [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York : P. Lang, 2008.
Description
xii, 237 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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    "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.
    ISBN
    • 9781433100598
    • 1433100592
    LCCN
    2007038049
    OCLC
    173182670
    International Article Number
    • 9781433100598
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