The Virtues Of Violence: Democracy Against Disintegration In Modern France

The Virtues of Violence studies a pervasive but misunderstood image of violence in modern French thought: popular violence as social regeneration. It argues that this vision of violence was not a niche phenomenon, but central to the momentous developments of modern French politics. It appealed to thinkers across the spectrum because it answered fundamental dilemmas at the heart of democratization. Understanding its pervasive appeal, Duong argues, reveals howdemocracy was never simply a struggle for justice or a new legal regime, but also liberating visions of the social bond.

• | Author: Kevin Duong|Assistant Professor Of Political Science Kevin Duong
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: May 10, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 256 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 019765715X
• | ISBN-13: 9780197657157