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.
Oraison Funebre De Très-Haut, Très-Puissant Et Très-Excellent Prince, Louis XV, Roi de France Et Navarre
Oraison funebre de très-haut, très-puissant et très-excellent prince, Louis XV, roi de France et de Navarre
Author: André Guillaume de Géry
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Category : Bible
Languages : fr
Pages : 54
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Category : Bible
Languages : fr
Pages : 54
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The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Democracy and Media Decadence
Author: John Keane
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107513103
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
We live in a revolutionary age of communicative abundance in which many media innovations - from satellite broadcasting to smart glasses and electronic books - spawn great fascination mixed with excitement. In the field of politics, hopeful talk of digital democracy, cybercitizens and e-government has been flourishing. This book admits the many thrilling ways that communicative abundance is fundamentally altering the contours of our lives and of our politics, often for the better. But it asks whether too little attention has been paid to the troubling counter-trends, the decadent media developments that encourage public silence and concentrations of unlimited power, so weakening the spirit and substance of democracy. Exploring examples of clever government surveillance, market censorship, spin tactics and back-channel public relations, John Keane seeks to understand and explain these trends, and how best to deal with them. Tackling some tough but big and fateful questions, Keane argues that 'media decadence' is deeply harmful for public life.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107513103
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
We live in a revolutionary age of communicative abundance in which many media innovations - from satellite broadcasting to smart glasses and electronic books - spawn great fascination mixed with excitement. In the field of politics, hopeful talk of digital democracy, cybercitizens and e-government has been flourishing. This book admits the many thrilling ways that communicative abundance is fundamentally altering the contours of our lives and of our politics, often for the better. But it asks whether too little attention has been paid to the troubling counter-trends, the decadent media developments that encourage public silence and concentrations of unlimited power, so weakening the spirit and substance of democracy. Exploring examples of clever government surveillance, market censorship, spin tactics and back-channel public relations, John Keane seeks to understand and explain these trends, and how best to deal with them. Tackling some tough but big and fateful questions, Keane argues that 'media decadence' is deeply harmful for public life.
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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Publisher:
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 722
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Oraison funebre de très-haut, très-puissant, très-excellent, et très-chrétien prince Louis XV, roi de France et de Navarre ; prononcée dans l'église de Poitiers, le 30 juillet 1774, par M. l'abbé d'Aviau,...
Author: Charles-François d' Aviau du Bois de Sanzay
Publisher:
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Category : Bible
Languages : fr
Pages : 64
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Publisher:
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Category : Bible
Languages : fr
Pages : 64
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The Complete Works of Voltaire
Author: Voltaire
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Category : Authors, French
Languages : en
Pages : 718
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Category : Authors, French
Languages : en
Pages : 718
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Oraison funebre de très-grand, très-haut, très-puissant et très-excellent prince, Louis XV le Bien-Aimé, roi de France et de Navarre
Author: France. Parlement (Paris)
Publisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : fr
Pages : 0
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Publisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : fr
Pages : 0
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Oraison funebre de Très-Haut, Très-Puissant et Très-Excellent prince, Louis XV le Bien-Aimé, roi de France et de Navarre ; prononcée dans l'eglise de Notre-Dame de Paris, le 7 septembre 1774, par Messire César-Guillaume de La Luzerne, évêque-duc de Langres...
Author: César-Guillaume de La Luzerne
Publisher:
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Languages : fr
Pages : 74
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : fr
Pages : 74
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