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Author Hunt, Lynn, 1945-

Title The family romance of the French Revolution / Lynn Hunt
Published London : Routledge, 1992

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 213 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; 1. The Family Model of Politics; 2. The Rise and Fall of the Good Father; 3. The Band of Brothers; 4. The Bad Mother; 5. Sade's Family Politics; 6. Rehabilitating the Family; Epilogue: Patriarchy in the Past Tense?; Index
Summary This latest work from an author known for her contributions to the new cultural history is a daring, multidisciplinary investigation of the imaginative foundations of modern politics. Hunt uses the term ̀Family Romance', (coined by Freud to describe the fantasy of being freed from one's family and belonging to one of higher social standing), in a broader sense, to describe the images of the familial order that structured the collective political unconscious. In a wide-ranging account that uses novels, engravings, paintings, speeches, newspaper editorials, pornographic writing, and revolutionar
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793 -- Death and burial
SUBJECT Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793. fast (OCoLC)fst00052647
Čubrilović Familie : 19. Jh.- gnd
Subject Symbolism in politics -- France -- History -- 18th century
Families -- France -- 18th century
HISTORY -- Europe -- France.
Death and burial of a person
Families.
Psychological aspects.
Symbolism in politics.
Französische Revolution
Königsfamilie
Franse Revolutie.
Collectief geheugen.
Familierelaties.
Symbolen.
Psychologische aspecten.
Gezinsrelaties.
Famille -- France -- Histoire -- 1789-1815.
SUBJECT France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Psychological aspects
Subject France.
France -- 1789-1815.
France -- Conditions sociales -- 1789-1815.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781136135644
1136135642
9781315003306
1315003309
9781136135804
1136135804
9781136135729
1136135723
9780415867740
0415867746