The Revolutionary Career of Maximilien Robespierre (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780226410371)

As it changed forever the political landscape of the modern world, the French Revolution was driven by a new type of personality: the confirmed, self-aware revolutionary. Maximilien Robespierre originated the role and embodied its ideological essence and extremes; the self that he projected to the people was equated with the ideals for which he strove. In creating this intellectual biography of so enigmatic a figure, David Jordan has stressed the words of the man about himself. With great imagination and insight, Jordan places Robespierre's self-conceptualization within the context of events and explains how Robespierre "The Incorruptible"--a man seen by contemporaries as virtuous--could not only equate justice with vengeance and demand it of the people, but also stand as its symbol before the world.


Author: David P. Jordan
ISBN-10: 0226410374
ISBN-13: 9780226410371
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Language: English
Published: 07/15/1989
Pages: 315
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.01h x 6.03w x 0.70d