Tag: Intellectual history

• Robespierre’s Religion? The Cult and the Festival of the Supreme Being in Revolutionary France 

  

  Hector Le Luel discusses how Robespierre’s political legacy has clouded perceptions of festivity in Revolutionary France.

  Retrospect Journal

  10/11/2024

  Academic

  France, French History, French Revolution, History, Intellectual history, Modern History, Politics

• In Bad Taste: On the Politics of Aesthetics

  

  Georgia Smith discusses the politics of aesthetics within the contexts of class, gender, and consumerism today.

  Retrospect Journal

  10/03/2024

  Academic

  aesthetics, Art, cultural history, culture, Fashion, History, Intellectual history, Philosophy, Twentieth Century

• She Writes in White Ink: Dreams, Fantasy, and Sensation in Hélène Cixous’ The Laugh of Medusa 

  

  Hélène Cixous’ essay The Laugh of Medusa argues that women must use their bodies as a means of communication. Georgia Smith explores the influence of Cixous on intellectual history and philosophy.

  Retrospect Journal

  03/12/2023

  Academic

  Feminism, History, Intellectual history, Modern History, Philosophy