Abstract: The French Revolution was a momentous historical event that set enduring patterns for modern revolutionary movements and for much of modern politics in general. Contemporary reactions to it fed into the development of many ideologies, from conservatism to communism. Scholarly controversies about the significance and interpretation of the French Revolution have been animated in particular by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels' use of it as the prime example of a 'bourgeois revolution' that prepared the way for the triumph of capitalism. Although the controversies over the Marxist interpretation continue, recent scholarship has turned in new directions: gender relations; the notion of citizenship and its connection to religion, ethnicity, and race; and the intellectual history of the Revolution and its impact as an event in global history.
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Date: 2015-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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