What do you mean by revolutionary terrorism?

What do you mean by revolutionary terrorism?

Revolutionary terror, also referred to as revolutionary terrorism or a reign of terror, refers to the institutionalized application of force to counterrevolutionaries, particularly during the French Revolution from the years 1793 to 1795 (see the Reign of Terror).

When did the first era of revolutionary terrorism end?

The Committee’s powers were gradually eroded. For a long time it was considered that the Terror ended on 9 Thermidor year II (27 July 1794) with the fall of Robespierre and his supporters and their execution the following day.

What’s the difference between revolution and terrorism?

If an uprising or a revolt results in a new social, political and economic order, it becomes a revolution superseding the previous order or power centre. If it fails, it is labelled as terrorism, meaning terrorists were trying to use terrorist acts against an established social, political and economic order.

What was the name of the revolutionary government that carried out the Reign of Terror?

Committee of Public Safety
Committee of Public Safety: A committee created in April 1793 by the National Convention and then restructured in July 1793 that formed the de facto executive government in France during the Reign of Terror (1793–94), a stage of the French Revolution.

Why was it called the reign of terror?

This meant that a state of emergency was in force and that the Committee was prepared to use violence against its own citizens to bring stability to France. This triggered what would become known as the Terror, or Reign of Terror.

Did Karl Marx ever repudiate the reign of Terror?

I suggest that while Marx never repudiated revolutionary violence, he came to see the Reign of Terror in a different and unsympathetic perspective. Revolutiomary terror he later turned against, violence he never did. ‘Marx’ should often read ‘Marx and Engels’ since their views on revolution were jointly developed.

What is the meaning of revolutionary terror?

Revolutionary terror. Revolutionary terror (also referred to as revolutionary terrorism, or a reign of terror) refers to the institutionalized application of force to counterrevolutionaries, particularly during the French Revolution from the years 1793 to 1795 (see the Reign of Terror ).

What is the relationship between Marxism and terrorism?

On the other hand when one reads Marxism as a historicism and humanism, the idea of terror and terrorism are seen as being exactly the same. Both terrorism and terror emanate from class histories, in actuality from private property, and is realized by the violent state apparatus in defending private property.

What did Karl Marx mean by Total Revolution?

In 1844-48 (roughly) Marx envisages ‘total revolution, ‘the shock of body against body’ in the attempt to gain control of private property and the state. This means ‘combat or death, bloody struggle or extinction’ (Marx, ‘The Poverty of Philosophy’, Moscow, 1847/ 1975, 161. 4 1848-70 : the key event here is the Paris Commune.