عنوان

A genealogy of terror in eighteenth-century France /

شابک

022649957X

شابک

9780226499574

شابک اشتباه

022649960X

شابک اشتباه

9780226499604

عنوان اصلي

A genealogy of terror in eighteenth-century France /

نام عام مواد

[Book]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Ronald Schechter.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Chicago :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

The University of Chicago Press,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

[2018]

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

©2018

نام خاص و کميت اثر

x, 289 pages :

ساير جزييات

illustrations ;

ابعاد

24 cm

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-279) and index.

متن يادداشت

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.

عنوان

Genealogy of terror in eighteenth-century France.

شماره استاندارد بين المللي کتاب و موسيقي

9780226499604

عنوان اصلي به زبان ديگر

Genealogy of terror in 18th-century France

موضوع مستند نشده

Terror-- France-- History-- 18th century.

موضوع مستند نشده

Terror-- Social aspects-- France.

موضوع مستند نشده

Civilization.

موضوع مستند نشده

HISTORY-- Europe-- France.

موضوع مستند نشده

Terror.

موضوع مستند نشده

France, Civilization, 18th century.

موضوع مستند نشده

France.

بدون عنوان

0

بدون عنوان

7

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Schechter, Ronald

تاريخ عمليات

20200822102432.0

قواعد فهرست نويسي ( بخش توصيفي )

rda

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y