228 Pages
by
Routledge
228 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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This latest work from an author known for her contributions to the new cultural history is a daring, multidisciplinary investigation of the imaginative foundations of modern politics. Hunt uses the term `Family Romance', (coined by Freud to describe the fantasy of being freed from one's family and belonging to one of higher social standing), in a broader sense, to describe the images of the... Read more
Preface 1. The Family Model of Politics 2. The Rise and Fall of the Good Father 3. The Band of Brothers 4. The Bad Mother 5. Sade's Family Politics 6. Rehabilitating the Family Epilogue
Biography
Hunt, Lynn
`All in all, the book offers exciting and novel perspectives on the Revolution, and on politics more generally, ... a vindication of the power and importance of cultural history, ...' - Patrick Joyce Times Higher Education Supplement
`... the book offers exciting and novel perspectives on the Revolution, ... Hunt's book is a vindication of the power and importance of cultural history , and a significant signpost to a new sort of political history.' - Times Higher Education
`This is European cultural history at its best.' - France in Print
