Rethinking History The French Revolution was the struggle between the rising bourgeoisie and the declining feudal aristocracy, which opened the way for the establishment of capitalist mode of production. Today, this concept has been a lot of questions. In a sense, it is a kind of philosophical concept in the history of the interpretation, and the actual history of a very large discrepancy. A few years ago, a professor named Tim Banning wrote a small book in Cambridge: the French Revolution: class war or cultural conflict? (Columbia University, 2016)In this paper, the author briefly introduces the research process of this problem in the past decades, that is, the decline of social history and economic determinism, and the rise of cultural history. …show more content…
(Britannica, 2016) In the era of the great revolution, the revolutionary people advocated the simple dress, we can think that this is their rebellion against the old system of aristocratic aesthetic concept, it can be said that the aesthetic concept of the revolution has class consciousness. This phenomenon reminds us that class is not only an economic concept, but also a cultural phenomenon. Aesthetics and fashion, which seem to be aloof, are sometimes a manifestation of class power. In the era of the great revolution, it can be said that the political struggle is a reflection of the daily folk culture. One of the reasons why I want more people from the bottom of the class to join in the humanities is that culture is also a kind of power, and the bottom layer should have its own expression in the cultural …show more content…
They felt that the sincerity and kindness of their intentions were as clear to others as to themselves. However, the Enlightenment has always been reckless to blame ignorance, superstition and selfishness on its opponents, and its disciples are fully inherited this model of thinking. Some critics have traced the spirit of terror back to 1789, when the Patriots had no hesitation in using intimidation to pursue their goals. This view is not entirely wrong. In June 15, 1789, when Ma Lu had announced the establishment of the National Assembly criticized the proposal, a spectator from the corridor to he swooped past, shouting "shut up! You wicked citizen!" A month later, bar nave publicly lynched Assini and defines of Berthier. In 1789, without the threat of bloodshed, it would have been impossible to overcome the resistance of the king to the establishment of the national assembly; however, the initial success of the revolutionaries just set an example for future challenges. Even in this nation has to open the annihilation of disgust, political activists still cannot accept the legitimacy of its competitors and good will. (marxists, 2015)In the end, a general of public contempt for intellectuals took to the front desk, in the name of the stability of the intellectuals to suppress all