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Terror and its discontents : suspect words in revolutionary France /
Terror and Its Discontents is a revealing look into the paradoxical embargo on free expression that underpinned the Robespierrists' self-proclaimed "despotism of liberty" during the French Revolution. Caroline Weber provides a highly original--and timely--exposition of the political u...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
2003.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Terror and Its Discontents is a revealing look into the paradoxical embargo on free expression that underpinned the Robespierrists' self-proclaimed "despotism of liberty" during the French Revolution. Caroline Weber provides a highly original--and timely--exposition of the political uses of rhetoric and of the links between language and power |
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| Notas: | Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.--Yale University, 1998) presented under the title: The limits of "saying everything: terrorist suppressions and uspeakable difference in Rousseau, Sade, Robespierre, Saint-Just, and Desmoulins." |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-285) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780816693337 0816693331 |