Author: Ronald Schechter
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022649960X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
In contemporary political discourse, it is common to denounce violent acts as “terroristic.” But this reflexive denunciation is a surprisingly recent development. In A Genealogy of Terror in Eighteenth-Century France, Ronald Schechter tells the story of the term’s evolution in Western thought, examining a neglected yet crucial chapter of our complicated romance with terror. For centuries prior to the French Revolution, the word “terror” had largely positive connotations. Subjects flattered monarchs with the label “terror of his enemies.” Lawyers invoked the “terror of the laws.” Theater critics praised tragedies that imparted terror and pity. By August 1794, however, terror had lost its positive valence. As revolutionaries sought to rid France of its enemies, terror became associated with surveillance committees, tribunals, and the guillotine. By unearthing the tradition that associated terror with justice, magnificence, and health, Schechter helps us understand how the revolutionary call to make terror the order of the day could inspire such fervent loyalty in the first place—even as the gratuitous violence of the revolution eventually transformed it into the dreadful term we would recognize today. Most important, perhaps, Schechter proposes that terror is not an import to Western civilization—as contemporary discourse often suggests—but rather a domestic product with a long and consequential tradition.
A Genealogy of Terror in Eighteenth-Century France
Author: Ronald Schechter
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022649960X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
In contemporary political discourse, it is common to denounce violent acts as “terroristic.” But this reflexive denunciation is a surprisingly recent development. In A Genealogy of Terror in Eighteenth-Century France, Ronald Schechter tells the story of the term’s evolution in Western thought, examining a neglected yet crucial chapter of our complicated romance with terror. For centuries prior to the French Revolution, the word “terror” had largely positive connotations. Subjects flattered monarchs with the label “terror of his enemies.” Lawyers invoked the “terror of the laws.” Theater critics praised tragedies that imparted terror and pity. By August 1794, however, terror had lost its positive valence. As revolutionaries sought to rid France of its enemies, terror became associated with surveillance committees, tribunals, and the guillotine. By unearthing the tradition that associated terror with justice, magnificence, and health, Schechter helps us understand how the revolutionary call to make terror the order of the day could inspire such fervent loyalty in the first place—even as the gratuitous violence of the revolution eventually transformed it into the dreadful term we would recognize today. Most important, perhaps, Schechter proposes that terror is not an import to Western civilization—as contemporary discourse often suggests—but rather a domestic product with a long and consequential tradition.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022649960X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
In contemporary political discourse, it is common to denounce violent acts as “terroristic.” But this reflexive denunciation is a surprisingly recent development. In A Genealogy of Terror in Eighteenth-Century France, Ronald Schechter tells the story of the term’s evolution in Western thought, examining a neglected yet crucial chapter of our complicated romance with terror. For centuries prior to the French Revolution, the word “terror” had largely positive connotations. Subjects flattered monarchs with the label “terror of his enemies.” Lawyers invoked the “terror of the laws.” Theater critics praised tragedies that imparted terror and pity. By August 1794, however, terror had lost its positive valence. As revolutionaries sought to rid France of its enemies, terror became associated with surveillance committees, tribunals, and the guillotine. By unearthing the tradition that associated terror with justice, magnificence, and health, Schechter helps us understand how the revolutionary call to make terror the order of the day could inspire such fervent loyalty in the first place—even as the gratuitous violence of the revolution eventually transformed it into the dreadful term we would recognize today. Most important, perhaps, Schechter proposes that terror is not an import to Western civilization—as contemporary discourse often suggests—but rather a domestic product with a long and consequential tradition.
Bibliographie Biographique Universelle
Author: Eduard Maris Oettinger
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Category : Bibliography of bibliographies
Languages : en
Pages : 478
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Category : Bibliography of bibliographies
Languages : en
Pages : 478
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The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of Congress
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 722
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 722
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The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Oraison funebre de ... Louis XV, Roi de France et de Navarre
Author: Vincent Mathias Poncet de LaRivière
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Languages : fr
Pages : 37
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Languages : fr
Pages : 37
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Oraison funebre de ... Louis XV le Bien-Aime ...
Author: Jean Baptiste Charles Marie de Beauvais
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Languages : fr
Pages : 81
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Languages : fr
Pages : 81
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Oraison funebre de... Louis XV, roi de France et de Navarre, prononcée dans la chapelle de l'Ecole-Royale-Militaire, le 27 septembre 1774, par Messire Mathias Poncet de La Riviere,...
Author: Mathias Poncet de La Rivière
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Languages : fr
Pages : 72
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Languages : fr
Pages : 72
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British Museum Catalogue of printed Books
Oraison funèbre de Louis XV, roi de France et de Navarre, surnommé le Bien-Aimé, prononcée dans la Chapelle du Louvre le 30 Juillet 1774, en présence de Messieurs de l'Académie Françoise. Par M. l'Abbé de Boismont, prédicateur ordinaire du roi, Abbé de Grétain, l'un des quarante de l'Académie
Author: Nicolas Thyrel de Boismont
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Languages : fr
Pages : 48
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Languages : fr
Pages : 48
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Oraison funèbre de Louis XV, roi de France et de Navarre, surnommé le Bien-Aimé. Prononcée dans l'église de Lyon, le 15 juillet 1774, Par M. l'abbé de Marnesia, Chanoine de l'Eglise Comte de Lyon, Abbé de Justemont
Author: Claude-Gaspard de Lezay-Marnézia
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Category : Bible
Languages : fr
Pages : 30
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Publisher:
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Category : Bible
Languages : fr
Pages : 30
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