Bastille

A History of a Symbol of Despotism and Freedom

AvHans-Jurgen Lusebrink,Rolf Reichardt

Häftad, Engelska, 1997

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This book is both an analysis of the Bastille as cultural paradigm and a case study on the history of French political culture. It examines in particular the storming and subsequent fall of the Bastille in Paris on July 14, 1789 and how it came to represent the cornerstone of the French Revolution, becoming a symbol of the repression of the Old Regime. LÜsebrink and Reichardt use this semiotic reading of the Bastille to reveal how historical symbols are generated; what these symbols’ functions are in the collective memory of societies; and how they are used by social, political, and ideological groups. To facilitate the symbolic nature of the investigation, this analysis of the evolving signification of the Bastille moves from the French Revolution to the nineteenth century to contemporary history. The narrative also shifts from France to other cultural arenas, like the modern European colonial sphere, where the overthrow of the Bastille acquired radical new signification in the decolonization period of the 1940s and 1950s. The Bastille demonstrates the potency of the interdisciplinary historical research that has characterized the end of this century, combining quantitative and qualitative approaches, and taking its methodological tools from history, sociology, linguistics, and cultural and literary studies.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1997-07-18
Mått:144 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt:504 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Bicentennial Reflections on the French Revolution
Antal sidor:328
Förlag:Duke University Press
ISBN:9780822318941
Översättare:Norbert Schürer

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Hans-JÜrgen LÜsebrink is chair of French Cultural Studies and Intercultural Communication at the UniversitÄt des Saarlandes, Germany. Rolf Reichardt is head of the scholarly reference department, UniversitÄt Mainz, Germany.

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"Fresh and new. Lusebrink and Reichardt have produced a fascinating book about the images and representations of the Bastille that have accrued for three centuries... This book cleverly combines innumerable telling anecdotes with a serious historical argument, replete with a quantitative analysis of texts... [T]his wonderful book shows us a French Revolution teeming with life, with heroism, and not least, with absurdity." Journal of Interdisciplinary History "This fascinating book, originally published in German at the turn of the decade, offers a rare view in English of the historical riches which have recently materialized outre-Rhin." Malcolm Crook, French History

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Editors' Introduction viiPreface xviiTranslator's Note xixIntroduction 1Genesis of a Political Symbol: The Bastille, 1715-1789 6The Storming of the Bastille: The Historical Event as a Collective Symbol Action 38Revolutionary Symbolism under the Sign of the Bastille, 1789-1799: A Prime Example of the Self-Mystification of the French Revolution 79Bastille Symbolism in Modern France: The Republican Legacy of the French Revolution 205Final Remarks: On the Origin and Function of a Historical Symbol 241Appendix: Reports on the Storming of the Bastille, 1789 247Notes 251Works Cited 287Index 297