Virtue and terror, journal for eighteenthcentury studies, 34. Robespierre on virtue and terror 1794 french revolution. Jan 01, 2007 in this dazzling new series, philosopher and cultural critic slavoj zizek interrogates key writings on revolution. Covering topics from philosophy and ethics, politics and ideology, religion and art, to literature, cinema, corporate marketing, quantum physics and virtual reality, introducing slavoj zizek deftly explains zizek s virtuoso ability to transform apparently outworn ideologies communism, marxism and psychoanalysis into a new theory of. Virtud y terror slavoj zizek presenta a robespierre ebook. Slavoj zizek is a slovenian philosopher and cultural critic. Virtud y terror maximilien robespierre comprar libro. On 18 floreal may 7th 1794 maximilien robespierre addressed the national convention, summarised the course of the revolution and explained the relationship between virtue and terror. Virtud y terror by zizek, slavoj and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
Robespierre, virtud y terror slavoj zizek 5% en libros. I find it ironic that he resigned from his post as criminal judge because of his opposition to the death penalty and that he refused to go to war with austria because he did not believe that the ideals of the revolution should be spread by force ironic in terms of his later actions during the reign of terror. Slavoj zizek, presents, robespierre, virtue and terror, introduction by slavoj zizek, texts selected and annotated by jean ducange, translation by john howe, londonnewyork, verso, 2007, 154 p. He was instrumental in the period of the revolution commonly known as the reign of terror, which ended with his arrest and execution in 1794. Desmoulins e alguns outros tinham sido presos, e muitos membros da. Jan 17, 2007 maximilien robespierre is one of the bestknown and most influential figures of the french revolution. Id rather have more explanation, more a sense of what the circumstances were when each piece was written and more explanation of the choices robespierre was making. Slavoj zizek politics between fear and terror 312 youtube. In the name of public salvation they have imprisoned nearly five hundred thousand traitors of the people during this period, of.
Slavoj zizek presenta a robespierre, david leatherbarrow, 10, 50euros. During the french revolution, the revolutionaries wanted to make a new government that would give the citizens more freedom, liberty, and equality. We need to perceive the con tours of the background which generates such outbursts. In 1794, french revolutionary maximilien robespierre produced the worlds first defense of state terror claiming that the road to virtue lay through political violence. Robespierre virtud y terror slavoj zizek pdf descargable. It is time to mark clearly the aim of the revolution and the end toward which we wish to move. Virtue and terror by maximilien robespierre, slavoj zizek. I personally believe that he is one of the most interesting historical figures.
In his response to critics, zizek notes that the actions of ghandi were far more violent than stalin because they were more disruptive to the status quo. Maximilien robespierre is one of the bestknown and most influential figures of the french revolution. A step back enables us to identify a violence that sus tains our very efforts to fight violence and to promote tolerance. Robespierre, virtue and terror1 tribunal electoral del poder. During alevel french i read a book about the french revolution and ended up handing in an apologia for him as my coursework. Robespierre virtue and terror \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014. Marie antoinette and renowned republicans like charlotte corday and madame roland have been the focus of much attention by feminist scholars of the french revolution. Robespierre s defense of the french revolution remains one of the most powerful and unnerving justifications for political violence ever written, and has extraordinary resonance in a world obsessed with terrorism and appalled by the language of its proponents. This is the starting point, perhaps even the axiom, of. Terror, which began in september 1792 and ended in july 1794 with the arrest and killing of robespierre, was presented as a law enforcement system to protect and defend democracy from its internal enemies. This film combines drama, archive and documentary interviews to examine robespierre s year in charge of the committee of public safety the powerful state machine at the. His inventive, provocative body of work mixes hegelian metaphysics, lacanian psychoanalysis, and marxist dialectic in order to challeng.
David bourget western ontario david chalmers anu, nyu area editors. The reign of terror, led by robespierre, was a period of the french revolution during which many people were ruthlessly executed by the new government. This text is part of the internet modern history sourcebook. The sourcebook is a collection of public domain and copypermitted texts for introductory level classes in modern european and world history. Libro nuevo o segunda mano, sinopsis, resumen y opiniones. Slavoj zizek seleccion libros slavoj zizek y opinion fnac. Jul 15, 20 zizek has recently tried to pull a sleight of hand by stressing that violence means other stuff too. Robespierres defense of the french revolution remains one of the most powerful and unnerving justifications for political violence ever written, and has extraordinary resonance in a world obsessed with terrorism and appalled by the language of its proponents.
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