| Titre | L'héritage infernal : Jacobinisme et politique | |
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| Auteur | Denis Berger | |
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Revue | L'Homme et la société |
| Numéro | no 94, 4e trimestre 1989 Dissonances dans la Révolution | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Dissonances dans la Révolution |
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| Page | 94-115 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Denis Berger, The Infernal Heritage - Jacobinism and Politics
A major element of the French Revolution, jacobinism was subsequently made into a myth and, thus, a model. Going beyond its ideological references and its social composition, it is necessary to determine what type of political behavior jacobinism represented in a period when the revolutionary process required innovation. Study of the activities and speeches of jacobin leaders hostile to the direct democracy advocated by the sans-culottes reveals a conception of authoritarian centralization designed to create or to reinforce the State. Jacobin rhetoric, especially in its defense of Virtue, was a rationalization intended to justify the substitution of the elite for the people in the name of an ideal conception of the people. In this sense, jacobinism anticipated a certain bureaucratic behavior which, after having influenced the contemporary labor movement, has become a major element of its present crisis. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/homso_0018-4306_1989_num_94_4_2449 |
