Description: "First published in French under the title Robespierre: L'homme qui nous divise le plus by Marcel Gauchet à Editions Gallimard, 2018."
Review Quotes: "
It is not so much Robespierre himself who is of interest to Gauchet, but Robespierre as a synecdoche for the revolution...It is to their considerable credit that in their introduction of the book, David A Bell and Hugo Drochon have elucidated the basic contours of Gauchet's long career in their introduction, which will be absolutely indispensable to English readers likely to be less familiar with the polemical intentions behind this book. Indeed, as they themselves note, Robespierre offers perhaps the easiest entry point to Gauchet's work.
"---Angus Brown, Tocqueville 21