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The democratic sublime : on aesthetics and popular assembly /

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In a series of articles written for the Neue Rhenische Zeitung in 1850, later published by Friedrich Engels as The Class Struggles in France, Karl Marx looked back on the failed French revolution of 1848 and attempted to explain how the democratic aspirations that inspired the February assault on th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Frank, Jason A. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2021].
Subjects:
Democracy > Philosophy.
Democracy > History > 19th century.
Aesthetics > Political aspects.
History, Modern > 19th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface : the beautiful revolution
  • Introduction : beyond democracy's imaginary investments
  • Popular manifestation
  • Rousseau's silent assemblies
  • The living image of the people
  • Delightful horror
  • The poetics of the barricades
  • Tocqueville's religious terror
  • Afterword : democratic appearance.