Virtue and terror

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Robespierre's defense of the French Revolution remains one of the most powerful and unnerving justifications for political violence ever written, and has extraordinary resonance in a world obsessed with terrorism and appalled by the language of its proponents. Yet today, the French Revolution is celebrated as the event which gave birth to a nation built on the principles of enlightenment. So how should a contemporary audience approach Robespierre's vindication of revolutionary terror' iek takes…

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Title Statements

Full title :Virtue and terror / Maximilien Robespierre ; introduction by Slavoj Žižek ; texts selected and annotated by Jean Ducange ; translation by John Howe.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2017
Edition:2017 edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Verso
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2017

Notes

Originally published: Verso 2007.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781786633392, 1786633396, 9781786633385, 1786633388
oclc:on1011684523
LC Classification:DC146.R6
Dewey Decimal:944.04092

Halftitle Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction: Robespierre, or, The â#x80;#x98;Divine Violenceâ#x80;#x99; of Terror; Suggested Further Reading; Glossary; Chronology; Translatorâ#x80;#x99;s Note; Part One: Robespierre at the Constituent Assembly and the Jacobin Club; 1. On Voting Rights for Actors and Jews; 2. On the Silver Mark; 3. On the Condition of Free Men of Colour; 4. On the Rights of Societies and Clubs; 5. Extracts from â#x80;#x98;On the Warâ#x80;#x99;; Part Two: In the National Convention; 6. Extracts from â#x80;#x98;Answer to Louvetâ#x80;#x99;s Accusationâ#x80;#x99;; 7. Extracts from â#x80;#x98;On Subsistenceâ#x80;#x99.

8. On the Trial of the king9. Draft Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen; 10. Extracts from â#x80;#x98;In Defence of the Committee of Public Safety and Against Briezâ#x80;#x99;; 11. Extracts from â#x80;#x98;Report on the Political Situation of the Republicâ#x80;#x99;; 12. Response of the National Convention to the manifestos of the Kings Allied Against the Republic; 13. On the Principles of Revolutionary Government; 14. On the Principles of Political Morality that should Guide the National Convention in the Domestic Ad…

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France France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1… History History -- France. -- Europe Political and social views Political violence Political violence -- History -- 18th c… Robespierre, Maximilien Violence politique -- Histoire -- 18e s…