The Guillotine and the Terror
The Guillotine and the Terror
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This is a study of the guillotine and its role in the French Revolution, concentrating as much upon the social and psychological contexts - the "mythology" and theatre of the guillotine - as upon the history and transformations of the guillotine's invention.
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The Guillotine and the Terror by Daniel Arasse
This is a study of the guillotine and its role in the French Revolution, concentrating as much upon the social and psychological contexts - the "mythology" and theatre of the guillotine - as upon the history and transformations of the guillotine's invention. The book offers a thesis which argues, for example, that the guillotine acts as an enlightenment machine, as the begetter of a new physiology of the headless body politic, as an aristocratic/democratic art of dying, and as the source of a new kind of criminological portraiture.
Arasse, Daniel: - Daniel Arasse est ancien ü¾Ž–”¼lü¾Ž†”¼ve de l'ü¾Ž–Œ¼cole normale supü¾Ž–”¼rieure. Directeur de l'Institut franü¾¶”¼ais de Florence de 1982 ü¾Œ†”¼ 1989, directeur d'ü¾Ž–”¼tudes ü¾Œ†”¼ l'ü¾Ž–Œ¼cole des hautes ü¾Ž–”¼tudes en sciences sociales. Ses ouvrages ont connu un succü¾Ž†”¼s aussi bien des connaisseurs que d'un public de plus en plus large. Son aura n'a cessü¾Ž–”¼ de grandir, au grü¾Ž–”¼ de ses sü¾Ž–”¼minaires, confü¾Ž–”¼rences, livres et ü¾Ž–”¼missions de radio. Il a publiü¾Ž–”¼ aux ü¾Ž–”¼ditions Hazan, L'annonciation italienne, Leonard de Vinci, L'homme en jeu, L'homme en perspective, Dü¾Ž–”¼cors italiens de la Renaissance.
| SKU | Non disponible |
| ISBN 13 | 9780140108309 |
| ISBN 10 | 0140108300 |
| Titre | The Guillotine and the Terror |
| Auteur | Daniel Arasse |
| État | Non disponible |
| Type de reliure | Paperback |
| Éditeur | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Année de publication | 1991-07-25 |
| Nombre de pages | 224 |
| Note de couverture | La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier. |
| Note | Non disponible |