The French Revolution and its legacy : leaping democracy into the unlimited / Camil Francisc Roman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roman, Camil, author.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Series:

Contemporary liminality

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799.

France.

Democracy--France.

Democracy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Routledge, 2025.

Contents:

ProloguePrefaceIntroduction: framing the French revolution as fundamental problem of the contemporaryChapter 1: In and out of the methodological cave: the French revolution as liminal event and predicament of the sacredChapter 2: The French revolution and the constitution of metamorphic power (I): from the liminal void to liberté - egalité - fraternité Chapter 3: The French revolution and the constitution of metamorphic power (II): Jacques Louis David's Tennis Court Oath and the vision of modern democracy as political metamorphosisChapter 4: Liminality and the disincorporation of royal power: the revolutionary events as symbolic-existential breaks with the pastChapter 5: The execution of Louis XVI and the rise of terror and civil warChapter 6: Louis XVI between angelization and the sacrifice of love: the philosophical anthropology of the Christian princeConclusionEpilogueBibliographyName IndexSubject Index

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Online resource; title from pdf information screen (Taylor and Francis, viewed June 1, 2025)

ISBN:

9780429464294

0429464290

9780429875205

0429875207

9780429875182

0429875185

9780429875199

0429875193

Publisher Number:

90102254317

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.