Traces more than a century of turbulence and change in France, from the final years of Louis XVI, through the years of the Napoleonic Empire, to the establishment of the Third Republic in 1871[...]
Francois Furet needs little introduction. Widely considered one of the leading historians of the French Revolution, he was a maverick for his time, shining a critical light on the entrenched Marxist interpretations that prevailed during the mid-twentieth century. Shortly after his death in 1997, the[...]
The French Revolution is an historical event unlike any other. It is more than just a topic of intellectual interest: it has become part of a moral and political heritage. But after two centuries, this central event in French history has usually been thought of in much the same terms as it was by it[...]
In his major work on communism, the international bestseller "The Passing of an Illusion", the eminent French historian Francois Furet devoted a lengthy footnote to German historian Ernst Nolte's interpretation of fascism. Nolte responded, a correspondence ensued, and the result was the remarkable e[...]
François Furet (19271997) var professor i historia inte bara i sitt hemland Frankrike utan också vid University of Chicago, medarbetare i tidskrifter som Nouvel Observateur, Commentaire och Le Débat och innehavare av stol nummer ett i Franska Akademien. Sina akademiska lagrar hade han skurit som [...]