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Terror: Demons of the French Revolution

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Terror: Demons of the French Revolution
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The French Revolution of the 18th century became a paradox for the whole world. The fight for human rights and freedom of expression resulted in bloody repressions and mass executions. The Revolution equalized the rights of citizens before the law - and at the same time their chances of ending up under the blade of the guillotine. It is this amazing paradox that is the subject of the research of Michel Biard and Marisa Linton, who together with them explore the darkest events of the Revolution - the time of terror. Was the terror a chaotic product of the executions of Maximilien Robespierre or a carefully planned revolutionary policy? What philosophical ideas, fears and hopes fueled the spread of violence among the people and why did politicians neglect human rights, starting to "break the law for the sake of saving the law"? “The Terror” is a widely disseminated password, a political concept, a subject of heated debate and theoretical justification, a process, but also – and especially – a phenomenon that permeated the Revolution and the revolutionaries… The growing weight of fears and emotions, the constant clashes and parallel radicalization of repressive legislation, the intensity of the political struggle in the Convention and around this revolutionary Assembly – all together contributed significantly to the birth, development and maintenance of terror” (Michel Biard, Marisa Linton).
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