Charles Walton

Policing Public Opinion in the French Revolution

The Culture of Calumny and the Problem of Free Speech

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Produktbeschreibung

This study traces the problem of free speech from the Old Regime to the French Revolution, showing how longstanding obsessions with honour, religion, and morality persisted after the declaration of free speech in 1789, contributed to the Revolution's radicalization and, eventually, the Terror of 1793-1794.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. April 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 156mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 539g
• ISBN-13: 9780199795802
• ISBN-10: 0199795800
• Artikelnr.: 32824923

Autorenporträt

Charles Walton is Assistant Professor of History at Yale University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I: The Old Regime
1: Policing in the Old Regime
2: The Culture of Calumny and Honour
3: Press Freedom and Limits in the Enlightenment
4: From the Cahiers de doléances to the Declaration of Rights
Part II: The French Revolution
5: From Lèse-nation to the Law of Suspects: Legislating Limits
6: Oaths, Honour, and the Sacred Foundations of Authority
7: From Local Repression to High Justice: Limits in Action
8: Policing the Moral Limits: Public Spirit, Surveillance, and the Remaking of Meurs
Conclusion
Works Cited
Index