Freedom's Moment
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A01=Paul M. Cohen
Author_Paul M. Cohen
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charles pierre peguy
church and state
cultural studies
culture
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equality
europe
european
france
fraternity
free
freedom
french
government
henri-louis bergson
jean-jacques rousseau
jean-paul sartre
jules michelet
liberty
marie-henri beyle
maximilien robespierre
michel foucault
narrative themes
philosophy
political
politics
power structures
public opinion
radicals
religion
revolutionary
stendhal
Product details
- ISBN 9780226112862
- Weight: 340g
- Dimensions: 16 x 23mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jun 1997
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Examining the principle of freedom propagated by the French Revolution, and the kind of individual created by it, this text looks at the lives and ideas of eight cultural critics from the 18th century to the present day: Rousseau, Robespierre, Stendhal, Michelot, Bergson, Peguy, Sartre and Foucault. Arranged not according to the lives and times of its protagonists, but according to the narrative themes and structures they held in common, this study discerns a single master narrative of liberty in modern France. It captures these radicals, whose tradition bids them resist the authority of power structures and public opinion. They denounce bourgeois and utilitarian values, the power of Church and State, and the corrupting influence of everyday politics, and they dream of a revolutionary rupture, a fleeting instant of sometimes violent but always meaningful transgression. This work also seeks to explain how France, even as it has oscillated between political stagnation and crisis, has held onto its belief that liberty, equality and fraternity remain within the grasp of its citizens.
