The French Revolution and the Craft of the Liminal Void: From the Sanctity of Power to the Political Power of the Limitless Sacred

The French Revolution and the Craft of the Liminal Void: From the Sanctity of Power to the Political Power of the Limitless Sacred

This paper argues for a political anthropological approach to the study of the French revolution. Looking at the revolution as a moment of liminality, it substantiates two interconnected points. The first is that a proper understanding of the revolutionary dynamic and its lasting effects have to eng...

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Main Author: Camil Francisc Roman
Format: Article
Language:ces
Published: Karolinum Press 2018-06-01
Series:Historicka Sociologie
Subjects:
French revolution
liminality
genealogy
sacred
post-Kantianism
modern democracy
the third body of the people
secularization
Online Access:http://www.karolinum.cz/doi/10.14712/23363525.2018.39

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http://www.karolinum.cz/doi/10.14712/23363525.2018.39

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