The headless republic: sacrificial violence in modern french thought
- Type Others
- Publisher CORNELL
- Author/s Goldhammer, Jesse
- ISBN13 9780801441509
- ISBN10 0801441501
- Pages 205
- Published 2005
The headless republic: sacrificial violence in modern french thought
Goldhammer elucidates the theoretical and practical significance of sacrificial violence during the Revolution, and then turns his attention to postrevolutionary intellectuals whose work is inspired by the founding sacrifices of the French Republic. Showing how Georges Bataille, Joseph de Maistre, and Georges Sorel adapted concepts of sacrifice to their own particular political agendas-whether reactionary or revolutionary-Goldhammer challenges conventional readings of these three thinkers as "bloodthirsty intellectuals." Instead, he argues, their work reveals the limits of violence as an agent of political change and attacks the forms of violence later adopted by fascist regimes. More broadly, Goldhammer makes the case for including ancient concepts of collective bloodshed in the modern lexicon of political violence.
About the Author:Jesse Goldhammer received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Berkeley. He served as a Visiting Scholar at U.C. Berkeley's Institute of Governmental Studies and at the University of Texas at Austin's Department of Government. Goldhammer is now with Global Business Network, one of the world's leading scenario-planning consulting firms.
- Type Others
- Publisher CORNELL
- Author/s Goldhammer, Jesse
- ISBN13 9780801441509
- ISBN10 0801441501
- Pages 205
- Published 2005