Some events refuse to wither and die in our collective memories. The French Revolution is one of them. It prompted admiration and loathing—many observers felt both at once—because it linked the dazzling new dreams of democracy, human rights, and universal education with the equally novel nightmares of the Terror and the inexorable guillotine. No wonder, […]

Original source: https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2024/03/07/a-new-force-set-loose-the-revolutionary-temper-paris/