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Sacrifice in Revolution: Boston and Paris
North, Benjamin F.
North, Benjamin F.
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This thesis attempts to answer the question of why the levels of violence in the cities of Boston and Paris during the respective American and French revolutions differed so greatly. First, it endeavors to provide a framework of social theory grounded in empirical psychological evidence, to show that humans tend to imitate each other and internalize desires and actions of others without their consent. It then provides a relatively standard rendition of the revolutionary periods of both Boston and Paris from the perspective of the crowd. Finally, it analyzes the differences between the accounts given, and alleges two reasons for why the level of violence differed in the light of these differences: (1) that the ideal governments of the two cities differed in the Arendtian sense of “labor” and “action”, and that the French Revolution in Paris was unable to close its liminal period due to its continual sacrifice. The conclusion provides a brief summary of the findings and their limitations and relates them to the larger world.
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Thesis (B.A. in History)--John Cabot University, Spring 2018.
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2018
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American Revolution (United States, 1775-1783), Revolution (France, 1789-1799), War and society
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North, Benjamin F. "Sacrifice in Revolution: Boston and Paris". BA Thesis, John Cabot University, Rome, Italy. 2018.