Robespierre

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• SOURCE: Age of Revolutions
  8/8/2022
  

  Thoroughly Modern Maxie: Robespierre and His Legacy for Democracy Today

  by Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall

  "If Robespierre was not by nature a murderous despot, who was he and what does he have to teach us – especially at a time, like that of the French Revolution, when progressives and liberals are divided about how to prioritize the rights of minoritized groups?"

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• SOURCE: New York Review of Books
  2/22/2022
  

  The End of the Terror

  by David A. Bell

  Colin Jones's book examines the events of one day, but poses big questions about popular will and the legitimacy of the state. 

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• 7/25/2021
  

  The Difference a Day Makes: Robespierre's 9 Thermidor

  by Colin Jones

  The eventful 9 Thermidor (July 27, 1794) is seen as a pivotal day for French Revolution. Colin Jones digs deep into the archival documentation of the day and argues that the day's significance is real but misunderstood. 

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• SOURCE: The Weekly Standard
  9-29-14
  

  From Robespierre to ISIS

  by Gertrude Himmelfarb

  Edmund Burke’s war on terror—and ours.