The Present State of French Revolutionary Historiography
Alfred Cobban and beyond
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8940880 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gerald J Cavanaugh (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1972 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 587-587 |
| Publication date | 1972-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | French Historical Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-1071 • E-ISSN: 1527-5493 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/286200 |
| OpenAlex | W2328219220 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Just seventeen years ago the late Alfred Cobban opened the case against the orthodox of the French Revolution. Ten years later, in 1964, he summed up that case in his brilliant essay on The Social Interpretation of the French Revolution.l Cobban's argument and works inspired by or complementary to his revisionism have profoundly affected the historiography not only of the Revolution but of the Old Regime as well. We are today still working out the implications of Cobban's position. Briefly, what Cobban did was to demonstrate that the empirical data gathered by historians, including Marxist and Neo-Marxist historians, had exploded the Marxist theory which purported to explain the Revolution. He did this, I should note, without ever denigrating the historians whose interpretation he rejected but for whose work he had the highest respect. Their researches enabled him to pose questions and proffer solutions that went beyond the commonly accepted interpretation of the Revolution.2
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,06 |
| Citation span | 1976 - 1993 (18) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |