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Explore the intellectual foundations of the French Revolution through this authoritative study from Routledge, which examines the central paradox facing revolutionary leaders: how to free people's minds whilst maintaining their allegiance to the new regime. This book reconstructs the complex ideological world of the Revolution by analysing the revolutionary government's contradictory approach to religious and political education. Though the radical regime dismantled traditional Catholic worship and instruction, it paradoxically preserved the catechetical method and its dogmatic framework as a cornerstone of political indoctrination. By examining how catechisms functioned as tools for conveying revolutionary ideals and shaping civic consciousness, this work illuminates the tension between Enlightenment principles of reason and the practical need for social control. Essential reading for historians, students, and anyone seeking to understand how revolutionary movements balanced ideological liberation with state consolidation during one of history's most transformative periods.

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Civic Catechisms and Reason in the French Revolution examines the intellectual paradoxes at the heart of the revolutionary movement and its approach to education.

Routledge's study reconstructs the revolutionary intellectual world by exploring how catechetical methods were retained despite attacks on Catholic institutions.

The book analyses how the French Revolution used dogmatic frameworks to achieve political objectives whilst claiming to promote rational thought.

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Release Date
28 September 2010
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17 May 2010

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