In this blog, Magnus Gislason revisits the Paris Commune of 1871 through the lens of security. While often framed as a threat to the French state amid invasion and collapse, the Commune can also be understood from the communards’ own security concerns. By tracing the emergence of a revolutionary “security culture from below,” the blog shows how dominant notions of order and protection were challenged, even if no coherent alternative ever fully took shape.
#EP7: Revolutionary Scripts with Erik de Lange and Maurizio Isabella
Erik de Lange interviews Professor Maurizio Isabella about the revolutions in Southern Europe in the 1820s
The Sacred Band: Giuseppe Mazzini’s Invasion of Savoy (1833-34)
Stefano Lissi explores the transnational background of Giuseppe Mazzini's failed invasion of Savoy in 1833-34.
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