There's also an almost identical comparison with Muslim fundamentalism to the one that Mantel makes I would make an intelligent comment here, but I think it just fits much better to say that they both fail history/political theory/logic/common sense forever.
With his mixture of elitism and extremism he just seems to me a perfect trainer for future revisionists. It is the same kind of sophistry the revisionists use. And with him, I think, you really can't win: either readers likes the style but eventually realize what nonsense the core of his argument is, or they reject the style and Robespierre along with it. Either way, they're thrown in the way of one style or another of revisionism.
the only other English translation of Robespierre's speeches is listed at Amazon at about the same price as a year's worth of French lessons You don't mean Rudé's, do you?
Robespierre would probably not appreciate my response, which is FUCK YEAH! How many transnationals would that make squirm? My sentiments exactly. It really is no wonder they'd rather us think of him as some mad, head-chopping dictator. (Or failing that, apparently, a Muslim fundamentalist.)
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Date: 2010-07-01 01:17 am (UTC)I would make an intelligent comment here, but I think it just fits much better to say that they both fail history/political theory/logic/common sense forever.
With his mixture of elitism and extremism he just seems to me a perfect trainer for future revisionists.
It is the same kind of sophistry the revisionists use. And with him, I think, you really can't win: either readers likes the style but eventually realize what nonsense the core of his argument is, or they reject the style and Robespierre along with it. Either way, they're thrown in the way of one style or another of revisionism.
the only other English translation of Robespierre's speeches is listed at Amazon at about the same price as a year's worth of French lessons
You don't mean Rudé's, do you?
Robespierre would probably not appreciate my response, which is FUCK YEAH! How many transnationals would that make squirm?
My sentiments exactly. It really is no wonder they'd rather us think of him as some mad, head-chopping dictator. (Or failing that, apparently, a Muslim fundamentalist.)