Civilization and Its Discontents
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Abstract This article reinterprets Antoine Quatremère de Quincy's Letters on the Plan to Abduct Monuments of Italy (1796). In response official justifications that seizing cultural patrimony was France's civilizing mission, argued civilization required all nations leave Rome intact and respect eighteenth-century conventions. The shows how he attempted make his work acceptable republican readers by using a language uncharacteristic other writings mimicking concept singular secular central post-Thermidorian Republic's identity. part broader strategy royalist Clichy club republicans question Republic. However, informed contemporaries saw through conceit: they discerned an attack Directory in description papacy nourished protected but endangered it practice. Cet propose une nouvelle lecture des Lettres sur le déplacement monuments l'art l'Italie Au discours officiel qui justifiait la saisie du patrimoine culturel vaincue au nom mission civilisatrice France, oppose l'idée que c'est justement civilisation doit être protégée et qu'il faut respecter les droits tels qu'on définis XVIIIe siècle. s'est efforcé présenter son texte manière à rendre aux lecteurs républicains : pour ce faire, il eu recours un langage très différent celui ses autres écrits, fait semblant d'adhérer unique laïque cœur l'idéologie République post-Thermidorienne. Malgré ces efforts, avertis ont décelé stratagème consiste attaquer Directoire tout en faisant papauté vraie protectrice d'une affirme défendre mais attaque réalité. Les apparaissent ainsi comme éléments stratégie Clichyens amener remettre elle-même.
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عنوان ژورنال: French Historical Studies
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['0016-1071', '1527-5493']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00161071-9746615