Sunday, June 2, 2013

Mona Ozouf

Mona Ozouf main works are about the French Revolution. Although the French Revolution was written about for decades before her, Ozouf looked at the Revolution from a cultural, anthropological, and philosophical approach. She took the Annale school ideas and incorporated them into the French Revolution. Taking that approach, she attempted to understand the Revolution in a new, cultural and sociological way. What struck me was she stated that the Revolution was an attempt at utopia. I have my doubts about that, but it is an interesting idea. My question about this chapter do we also put Ozouf in feminist history as well as the Annale school?

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