Virtue and Terror (Paperback)

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. Yet today, the French Revolution is celebrated as the event which gave birth to a nation built on the principles of Enlightenment. So how should a contemporary audience approach Robespierre's vindication of revolutionary terror? Zizek takes a helter-skelter route through these contradictions, marshaling all the breadth of analogy for which he is famous.

General

Imprint:	Verso Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2017
Editors:	Jean Ducange
Authors:	Maximilien Robespierre
Introduction by:	Slavoj Zizek
Translators:	John Howe
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-1-78663-337-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory
LSN:	1-78663-337-X
Barcode:	9781786633378

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