Michelet

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani mentions Michelet mainly as an example of Romanticism applied to history. For him, Romanticism is not limited to literature and music: it also touches historical writing, and Michelet's "breath" is the proof of it12. From this angle, he places him among the figures of Romantic historiography, alongside Chateaubriand3, and credits him with a role in the revival of medieval studies4. A second point recurs often, from 2021 to 2024: Michelet calls the eighteenth century of the Enlightenment the "great century," whereas other historians reserve that name for the seventeenth. Pagani stresses this choice, which sheds light on his own reading of the Enlightenment56. Finally, he notes that the history of the Revolution taught by Michelet is neglected today7.

1. 19 #23 "C'est réglé comme du papier à musique !" • Bach • Nerval • Lévi-Strauss9 Jun 2021 · 1:00:14
2. 2Dominique Pagani - Qui se cache sous les surfaces ? Esthétique et politique20 May 2022 · 4:19
3. 3Chateaubriand26 Mar 2019 · 1:12:42
4. 4#4.7 Angélique (de Nerval)12 Apr 2018 · 1:15:34
5. 5IL NE SUFFIT PAS DE NAÎTRE HOMME, POUR ÊTRE HOMME • Q&A Philosophique • Dominique Pagani19 Jul 2021 · 2:07
6. 6Clouscard : Les métamorphoses de la lutte des classes2 Sept 2024 · 1:21:47
7. 7Ce soir, on repolitise. 2ème partie31 Mar 2018 · 56:54

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