| ID | 156704 |
| Title Proper | People as a natural disaster |
| Other Title Information | redemptive violence in Jacobin political thought |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | DUONG, KEVIN |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The trial and execution of Louis XVI served as a founding act of French republican democracy. It was also a scene of irregular justice: no legal warrants or procedural precedents existed for bringing a king to justice before the law. This essay describes how Jacobins crafted a new language of popular agency to overcome that obstacle—the language of redemptive violence. Although redemptive violence had roots in prerevolutionary notions of penal justice and social cohesion, its philosophical ambitions were revolutionary and modern. Analyzing that language illuminates how republican democracy weaponized a distinctive ideology of extralegal violence at its origins. It also helps explain redemptive violence's enduring appeal during and after the French Revolution. |
| `In' analytical Note | American Political Science Review Vol. 111, No.4; Nov 2017: p.786-800 |
| Journal Source | American Political Science Review 2017-12 111, 4 |
| Key Words | French Revolution ; Natural Disaster ; Violence in Jacobin Political Thought |