Class struggle and culture wars in the springtime of the french revolution, year II (1794),

Sophie Wahnich (1)

1 IIAC - Institut interdisciplinaire d'anthropologie du contemporain

In the spring of Year II (1794), the future of French society was uncertain. This article looks at the response to the uncertainty of three members of the Committee on Public Safety, who discussed the need to choose between a revolutionary political community and civil war, even as they disagreed about what form the future republic should take.

Mots clés: revolution; political community; civil society; civil war; Billaud-Varenne; Robespierre; Saint-Just

Domaines: Sciences de l'Homme et Société; Histoire; Science politique

Sophie Wahnich. Class struggle and culture wars in the springtime of the french revolution, year II (1794),. History of the Present, 2020, 10 (2), pp.209-235. ⟨10.1215/21599785-8351832⟩. ⟨hal-03091244⟩