{"product_id":"the-virtues-of-violence-democracy-against-disintegration-in-modern-france-hardcover","title":"The Virtues of Violence: Democracy Against Disintegration in Modern France - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKevin Duong\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf democracy liberates individuals from their inherited bonds, what can reunite them into a sovereign people? In \u003cem\u003eThe Virtues of Violence\u003c\/em\u003e, Kevin Duong argues that one particular answer captivated modern French thinkers: popular violence as social regeneration. In this tradition of political theory, the people's violence was not a sign of anarchy or disorder. Instead, it manifested a redemptive power capable of binding and repairing a society on the cusp of social disintegration. This was not a fringe view of French democracy at the time, but central to its momentous development. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDuong analyzes the recurring role of the people's redemptive violence across four historical moments: the French Revolution, the imperial conquest of Algeria, the Paris Commune, and the years leading up to World War I. Bringing together democratic theory and intellectual history, he reveals how political thinkers across the spectrum proclaimed that violence by the people could repair the social fabric, even as they experienced democratization as social disintegration. The path from an anarchic multitude to an organized democratic society required the virtuous expression of violence by the people--not its prohibition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDuong's book urges us to reject accounts that view redemptive violence as an antidemocratic pathology. It challenges the long-held view that popular violence is a sign of anarchy or disorder. As shocking and unsettling as redemptive violence could be, it appealed to thinkers across the spectrum, because it answered a fundamental dilemma of political modernity: how to replace the severed bonds of the old regime with a superior democratic social bond. \u003cem\u003eThe Virtues of Violence\u003c\/em\u003e argues we do not properly understand modern democracy unless we can understand why popular redemptive violence could be invoked on its behalf.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKevin Duong\u003c\/strong\u003e is Assistant Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 262\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.4 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 16, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753851322656,"sku":"9780190058418","price":121.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b02c19cefd0e630e0a9016e025f16dd0.webp?v=1780028392","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-virtues-of-violence-democracy-against-disintegration-in-modern-france-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}