La Révolution française a bien eu lieu

François Furet, la Terreur et le déterminisme

Bibliographic Data

ID6168968
AuthorsJérôme Lamy (0000-0003-3820-284X, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume6
Issue6
Pages49-63
Publication date2016-05-10
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocio (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2266-3134 • E-ISSN: 2425-2158
PublisherOpenEdition (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/socio.2144
OpenAlexW2362478504
LanguageFR
References cited20

In this article we adopt a sociological line of argument to challenge the way in which François Furet constructed a dual discourse on the Terror. Furet defends the idea that the French Revolution-event was the matrix of all insurrections. But, at the same time, he proclaimed his rejection of historiographical determinism. Caught between these two contradictory sets of argumentation, Furet remained a prisoner of his epistemological presentism

Humanities · Education, sociology, and vocational training · French Urban and Social Studies · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender · Philosophy

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