{"product_id":"the-coming-of-the-terror-in-the-french-revolution-9780674979895","title":"Coming of the Terror in the French Revolution","description":"\u003cp\u003eBetween 1793 and 1794, thousands of French citizens were imprisoned and hundreds sent to the guillotine by a powerful dictatorship that claimed to be acting in the public interest. Only a few years earlier, revolutionaries had proclaimed a new era of tolerance, equal justice, and human rights. How and why did the French Revolution's lofty ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity descend into violence and terror? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"By attending to the role of emotions in propelling the Terror, Tackett steers a more nuanced course than many previous historians have managed...Imagined terrors, as...Tackett very usefully reminds us, can have even more political potency than real ones.\"\u003cbr\u003e--David A. Bell, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[Tackett] analyzes the \u003ci\u003ementalit?\u003c\/i\u003e of those who became 'terrorists' in 18th-century France...In emphasizing weakness and uncertainty instead of fanatical strength as the driving force behind the Terror...Tackett...contributes to an important realignment in the study of French history.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Ruth Scurr, \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[A] boldly conceived and important book...This is a thought-provoking book that makes a major contribution to our understanding of terror and political intolerance, and also to the history of emotions more generally. It helps expose the complexity of a revolution that cannot be adequately understood in terms of principles alone.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Alan Forrest, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTackett, Timothy:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Timothy Tackett is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of California, Irvine.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTackett, Timothy:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Timothy Tackett is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of California, Irvine.","brand":"Belknap Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50412789235986,"sku":"9780674979895","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_028f1c69-28fe-42a1-9d2d-475c05c54c55.jpg?v=1729328205","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-coming-of-the-terror-in-the-french-revolution-9780674979895","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}