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‘Off with their heads’: public executions with Klossowski, Caillois and Foucault

2003; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 32; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/0308514032000045762

1469-5766

Frank Pearce,

French Historical and Cultural Studies

In this article there is both theoretical argument and historical analysis. The main substantive focus is the ancien régime and the French Revolution. Foucault's work has contributed greatly to the understanding of the nature of these, but the concepts, categories and historical accounts of Caillois and Klossowski are here deployed to enrich, and to some significant extent, displace his analyses. A primary concern is with contributing a further sociological dimension to the debates concerning the execution of Louis XVI/Louis Capet.