The Bastille
A History of a Symbol of Despotism and Freedom
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Hans-Jürgen Lüsebrink is chair of French Cultural Studies and Intercultural Communication at the Universität des Saarlandes, Germany. Rolf Reichardt is head of the scholarly reference department, Universität Mainz, Germany.
Both an analysis of the Bastille as cultural paradigm, and a case study on the history of French political culture. This book examines the storming and subsequent fall of the Bastille in Paris on July 14, 1789, and how it came to represent the cornerstone of the French Revolution, and serve as a symbol of the repression of the Old Regime.
Editors' Introduction viiPreface xviiTranslator's Note xixIntroduction 1Genesis of a Political Symbol: The Bastille, 1715-1789 6The Storming of the Bastille: The Historical Event as a Collective Symbol Action 38Revolutionary Symbolism under the Sign of the Bastille, 1789-1799: A Prime Example of the Self-Mystification of the French Revolution 79Bastille Symbolism in Modern France: The Republican Legacy of the French Revolution 205Final Remarks: On the Origin and Function of a Historical Symbol 241Appendix: Reports on the Storming of the Bastille, 1789 247Notes 251Works Cited 287Index 297