By Hans-Jürgen Lüsebrink
To facilitate the symbolic nature of the research, this research of the evolving signification of the Bastille strikes from the French Revolution to the 19th century to modern heritage. The narrative additionally shifts from France to different cultural arenas, just like the sleek eu colonial sphere, the place the overthrow of the Bastille bought radical new signification within the decolonization interval of the Forties and Fifties. The Bastille demonstrates the efficiency of the interdisciplinary old study that has characterised the top of this century, combining quantitative and qualitative techniques, and taking its methodological instruments from background, sociology, linguistics, and cultural and literary studies.
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