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The Family Romance of the French Revolution

Paperback • 1992 • English

The Family Romance of the French Revolution

By Lynn Hunt

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This latest work from an author known for her contributions to the new cultural history is a multidisciplinary investigation of the foundations of modern politics. "Family Romance" was coined by Freud to describe the fantasy of being freed from one's family and joining one of higher social standing. Lynn Hunt uses the term broadly to describe the images of the familial order underlying revolutionary politics. In a wide-ranging account using novels, engravings, paintings, speeches, newspaper edit...Show more

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The Family Romance of the French Revolution

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