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Mass violence and the self : from the French wars of religion to the Paris Commune / Howard G. Brown.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brown, Howard G., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Violence--France--History.
- Violence.
- Political violence--France--History.
- Political violence.
- Psychic trauma--France--History.
- Psychic trauma.
- Collective memory--France--History.
- Collective memory.
- Identity (Psychology)--France--History.
- Identity (Psychology).
- Group identity--France--History.
- Group identity.
- Self (Philosophy)--France--History.
- Self (Philosophy).
- History.
- France.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 283 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- "Examines the visual and textual media depicting personal suffering caused by incidents of mass violence in France from 1560 to 1880 that helped to provoke repeated collective traumas, which in turn forged new social identities and fostered the psychological processes of the modern self"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Massacres and the wars of religion
- The Fronde and the crisis of 1652
- The Thermidorians' terror
- The Paris Commune and the "bloody week" of 1871.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Brown, Howard G. Mass violence and the self.
- ISBN:
- 9781501730610
- 1501730614
- OCLC:
- 1031043032
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