Demystifying the Sacred: Blasphemy and Violence from the French Revolution to Today 9783110713091, 9783110713022

Demystifying the Sacred: Blasphemy and Violence from the French Revolution to Today 9783110713091, 9783110713022

Demystifying the Sacred: Blasphemy and Violence from the French Revolution to Today offers a much-needed analysis of a s

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Ending the French Revolution: violence, justice, and repression from the terror to Napoleon 9780813927299, 9780813925462

"Filled with critical insights, Brown’s revisionist study utilizes an impressive array of archival sources, some on

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Confucianism and Sacred Space: The Confucius Temple from Imperial China to Today 0231198965, 9780231198967

Temples dedicated to Confucius are found throughout China and across East Asia, dating back over two thousand years. The

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Human Nature and the French Revolution: From the Enlightenment to the Napoleonic Code 9781782381709

What view of man did the French Revolutionaries hold? Anyone who purports to be interested in the "Rights of Man&qu

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Diplomacy and Ideology: From the French Revolution to the Digital Age 0367897792, 9780367897796

This innovative new book argues that diplomacy, which emerged out of the French Revolution, has become one of the centra

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Literature and class: From the Peasants’ Revolt to the French Revolution 9781526125828

This book explores the intimate relationship between literature and class in England (and later Britain) from the Peasan

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Literature and class: From the Peasants’ Revolt to the French Revolution 1526125838, 9781526125835

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Literature and class: From the Peasants’ Revolt to the French Revolution 1526125838, 9781526125835

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The French Revolution and the People 9781474210249

The French Revolution of 1789 was the central event of modern history. Although the Revolution started with the resistan

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Terrorists as Monsters: The Unmanageable Other from the French Revolution to the Islamic State 0190927887, 9780190927882

From the chilling threats of the "ISIS vampire" to the view of al-Qaeda as the "Frankenstein the CIA crea

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