French revolution

The French revolution of the 18th century is unique in that its experience has been in demand and relevant for more than two centuries. She is a reference point and a matrix for all subsequent revolutions, whose participants were equal to her, imitating her or trying to surpass her. It is not surprising that today historians and sociologists see in it an ideal model for studying the dynamics of revolutions in general and identifying their general laws, turn to her experience again and again, trying to understand how the revolutions occur and develop. The people living in more than two centuries ago in bold wigs and camisols were not as far from us, as it might seem at first glance ...

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<...> The French Revolution <...> gave rise to such fundamental political concepts of our days as the Constitution and Human Rights, Left and Right, Universal Partural Law, Politics of Terror, from -Set this she is often called the mother of the political culture of our time.

During the French Revolution, the press first acted as the fourth power, while social networks-yes, social networks! - They showed themselves to be an effective means of political mobilization.

Thanks to this particular event in the international vocabulary, the very concept of “revolution”, now used to designate the radical change of political and social system in a wrong way, was enshrined.

The book is published together with the Publishing House of Postnuka as part of a series of books Library of Posttnauki

About the authors
Dmitry Yuryevich Bovykin - Doctor of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of New and Continuing History of the History Faculty of Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov, specialist in the history and historiography of the French Revolution of the 18th century, member of the Scientific Council of the International Society of Robespierist Research (Société des études Robespierristes), author of textbooks for schools and higher educational institutions.

Alexander Viktorovich Chudinov - Doctor of Historical Sciences, Head of the Laboratory of Peace in the era of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars of the Institute of General History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, editor -in -chief of the international publication “French Yearbook”, member of the Bureau of the International Commission on the History of the French Revolution, laureate of the International Scientific Scientific Prizes named after A. Leroya-Bolieo and prizes named after N.I. Kareeva of the Russian Academy of Sciences