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De tous les attentats contre la vie de Louis-Philippe d'Orléans, celui de Giuseppe Fieschi, perpétré le 28 juillet 1835 sur le Boulevard du Temple, a été non seulement le plus meurtrier mais aussi le plus retentissant. Pourtant bien connu des historiens, cet événement atroce n'a jamais fait l'objet d'une étude approfondie prenant en compte ses répercutions visuelles. L'ambition du présent livre est de réduire le politique à son essence scopique, de questionner la part de l'œil de l'histoire en décrivant les stratégies subtiles par lesquelles la légitimité du roi-citoyen s'est faite autorité. Envisagé comme un diptyque, l'ouvrage unit indéfectiblement le roi et son envers régicide, reliant politiquement une tête de poire à une tête coupée. Au-delà, il ne s'agit pas seulement de saisir la métamorphose du monarque en une cible mouvante, il importe surtout de comprendre de quelle façon le souffle de la Machine infernale de Fieschi est absorbé par le pullulement visuel d'un siècle aliéné par ses propres images.

Honor is often considered to be obsolete--tethered to a distant past of jousting knights and profound inequality. Yet the idea of honor remains a fixture in both political discourse and popular culture, generating an almost mythic source of meaning for those who draw inspiration from it for heroic (and often reckless) acts. Honor can inspire one to act with courage and conviction, but at the same time, it is profoundly destructive and anesthetizes one to the terrible consequences of its pursuit. What accounts for the enduring appeal of honor today? In Honor and Political Imagination, Smita A. Rahman reckons with the power of honor in contemporary political and popular culture and the desire for heroism that accompanies it, while still being attentive to the dangers that such a desire brings. Rahman argues that while there may be a place for honor in the political imagination, it remains a contested and complicated one. Throughout the book, Rahman includes close readings of several visual and literary texts in popular culture--including Game of Thrones, Wolf Hall, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Captain America, among others--and puts them in conversation with a range of texts on honor in political theory, including Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hegel, Nietzsche, Appiah, and more. Drawing on the way honor is used in political and popular culture, Honor and Political Imagination shows not only its follies, but also its appeal and ability to inspire heroic political action that embraces life and seeks to overcome resentment.

La participación de miles de voluntarios internacionales al lado de la República durante la Guerra Civil es conocida como uno de los ejemplos más épicos del internacionalismo en la historia del movimiento obrero. Mucho menos conocida, con la notable excepción de George Orwell, es la presencia de unos quinientos combatientes extranjeros en las filas del Partido Obrero de Unificación Marxista. Este libro sitúa su experiencia en el contexto de la política militar del POUM; las características y situación de las fuerzas militares bajo el control del partido; la realidad de su presencia en el frente de Aragón; y el papel de las milicianas. Producto de un estudio exhaustivo de las fuentes disponibles, el libro examina los antecedentes sociales y políticos de estos voluntarios y voluntarias, en muchos casos, refugiados antifascistas; su participación en las milicias del POUM; como serían víctimas de las calumnias y de la represión desatada contra el partido en la zona republicana; su paso por los campos de concentración y la resistencia antinazi durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial; y su destino en los años de la posguerra. Por último, ofrece una refutación detallada de la acusación, predominante durante la Guerra Civil, y que ha resurgido recientemente en algunos textos históricos, de que, de alguna manera, el POUM y sus simpatizantes extranjeros colaboraron con el enemigo.

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