About Virtue and Terror. 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 www.doorway.ru: There, Robespierre in undisguised terms defended the use of terror by the revolutionary government. The underlying principle of democratically elected governments, he said, is Virtue. For revolutionary governments, it is Virtue and Terror. This is a sentiment that inspired terrorist groups from the Revolutionary Tribunal to the www.doorway.ru by: Maximilien Robespierre, “Terror and Virtue” from On the Moral and Political Principles of Domestic Policy () Robespierre was the leader of the Committee of Public Safety, a body of twelve men elected by the National Convention to govern France during the state of emergency.
Maximilien Robespierre is one of the best-known and most influential figures of the French Revolution. He was instrumental in the period of the Revolution commonly known as the Reign of Terror, which ended with his arrest and execution in Slavoj Zizek is a Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic. He is a professor at the European. "Virtue and Terror" -- Maximlien Robespierre Author Bio: Maximilien Robespierre was a lawyer and politician. He was one of the most known and influential figures of the French Revolution. Robespierre's defence of the French Revolution remains one of the most powerful and unnerving justifications for political violence ever written. It has an 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.
Maximilien Robespierre, “Terror and Virtue” from On the Moral and Political Principles of Domestic Policy () Robespierre was the leader of the Committee of Public Safety, a body of twelve men elected by the National Convention to govern France during the state of emergency. About Virtue and Terror. 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. There, Robespierre in undisguised terms defended the use of terror by the revolutionary government. The underlying principle of democratically elected governments, he said, is Virtue. For revolutionary governments, it is Virtue and Terror. This is a sentiment that inspired terrorist groups from the Revolutionary Tribunal to the Al-Quaeda.
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