Le Livre noir de la Révolution française
Collection L'Histoire à vif
800 pages - janv. 2008
48,00€
Légitimes et glorieux, festifs et fraternels, fruits d'une « raison » attendue par les siècles : c'est ainsi que sont habituellement présentés les événements de ce qui fut aussi l'une des périodes les plus sanglantes de l'histoire, inaugurant tragiquement une succession de révolutions et de conflits qui marquèrent l'Europe jusqu'au milieu du XXe siècle. Il est toujours dans l'intérêt d'une nation de faire briller quelques mythes fondateurs et dans l'intérêt de ceux qui ont pris le pouvoir de masquer la violence et l'arbitraire sur lesquels ils ont assis leur domination. Mais l'histoire ne s'écrit pas comme la mythologie, et son exigence de vérité ne devrait pas s'encombrer de visées utilitaristes. Cet ouvrage n'entend pas « noircir » des faits qui témoignent par eux-mêmes. Cette violence inouïe – qui pourtant se réclamait des Lumières – produisit une onde de choc telle qu'elle devait s'étendre sur plusieurs générations. Elle entraîna avec elle, sur le phénomène révolutionnaire, toute une série d'œuvres et de réflexions critiques dont on dénie trop vite, souvent, la légitimité.
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Legitimate, glorious, festive and fraternal; the rich fruit of long-awaited ‘reason’: it is usually in those terms that the events of what was also one of the bloodiest periods in history are presented – events that tragically sparked off a succession of revolutions and conflicts, leaving their mark on Europe until the middle of the 20C. It is always in a nation’s interest to burnish its own founding myths, and in the interest of those who have seized power to veil the violence and random acts on which their power rests. But history is not written like mythology, and the need for truth should not be encumbered with utilitarian designs. The intention of this book is not to ‘blacken’ the facts, which speak for themselves. That extraordinary violence – which, nevertheless, claimed to be the product of the Age of Enlightenment – produced a shock wave that extended over several generations. It brought in its wake a whole series of works and critical reflections on the phenomenon of revolution, whose authority is too often and too hastily denied.
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Legitimate, glorious, festive and fraternal; the rich fruit of long-awaited ‘reason’: it is usually in those terms that the events of what was also one of the bloodiest periods in history are presented – events that tragically sparked off a succession of revolutions and conflicts, leaving their mark on Europe until the middle of the 20C. It is always in a nation’s interest to burnish its own founding myths, and in the interest of those who have seized power to veil the violence and random acts on which their power rests. But history is not written like mythology, and the need for truth should not be encumbered with utilitarian designs. The intention of this book is not to ‘blacken’ the facts, which speak for themselves. That extraordinary violence – which, nevertheless, claimed to be the product of the Age of Enlightenment – produced a shock wave that extended over several generations. It brought in its wake a whole series of works and critical reflections on the phenomenon of revolution, whose authority is too often and too hastily denied.
- Dimensions : 145x235x42
- ISBN : 9782204081603
- Poids : 1290 grammes
Avec la collaboration de : Alain Néry, Alexandre Gady, Arnaud Odier, Bernard Fixes, Bruno Centorame, Christophe Boutin, Dominique Decherf, Dominique Paoli, Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, Fabrice Hadjadj, Frédéric Morgan, Frédéric Rouvillois, Ghislain de Diesbach, Gregory Woimbée, Henri Beausoleil, Isabelle Brancourt, Jacques Alibert, Jacques de Guillebon, Jean Charles-Roux, Jean de Viguerie, Jean Des Cars, Jean Dumaine, Jean Sévillia, Jean Tulard, Jean-Charles Gaffiot, Jean-Christian Petitfils, Jean-François Galinier-Pallerola, Jean-Michel Potin, Jean-Pierre Brancourt, Jonathan Ruiz de Chastenet, Marc Crapez, Michaël Bar-Zvi, Pascale Auraix-Jonchière, Paul-Augustin d' Orcan, Philippe Lavaux, Pierre Chaunu, Pierre Glaudes, Pierre-Emmanuel Prouvost d'Agostino, Rémi Soulié, Renaud Escande, Renaud Silly, Reynald Secher, Sarah Vajda, Stéphane Courtois, Stéphane Giocanti, Xavier Martin
