Madness and Revolution

The Lives and Legends of Théroigne de Méricourt

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Elisabeth Roudinesco

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'An impure Joan of Arc' or 'a radiant Penthesilea'-Theroigne de Mericourt remains one of the most misrepresented figures of the French revolution. Theroigne loved the Revolution; she refused the roles prescribed by her sex; and, at the age of thirty-one, she lost her reason. From these three facts, historians have woven tenacious myths about women, madness and revolution which reveal more about their own phantasms and allegiances than about Theroigne herself. Elisabeth Roudinesco's exploration of Theroigne's life and afterlife restores a much-wronged woman to her rightful place in history. After vividly tracing Theroigne's life, Roudinesco applies psychoanalysis to history, and history to psychiatry. She analyses the founding fathers of the asylum and the historians of the French Revolution, using their own assessments of Theroigne as revealing evidence. Her book adds a new dimension to our understanding of the French Revolution, early feminism and the birth of the modern asylum.

Author Biography:

Élisabeth Roudinesco is Head of Research in History at Université Paris Diderot-Paris 7, and teaches at the Ecole Normale Supérieure. She is the author of many books, including Jacques Lacan & Co.: A History of Psychoanalysis in France, 1925-1985 and Madness and Revolution: The Lives and Legends of Théroigne de Mericourt.

Release date Australia

October 17th, 1992

Author

Elisabeth Roudinesco

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Contributor

Translated by Martin Thom

Pages

304

Dimensions

152x234x23

ISBN-13

9780860915973

Product ID

14090144

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