Masashi Jinno, "World History Theater: The Torrent of the French Revolution" - If you want to know the whys and hows of the French Revolution, this introductory book is a must!
Today, Beret Publishing presents Masashi Jinno's "World History Theater: The Torrent of the French Revolution.
The author, Masafumi Jinno, is a world history instructor at Kawaijuku, and has earned tremendous trust not only from students preparing for entrance exams, but also from working adults for his easy-to-understand and interesting lecture content.
Let's take a quick look at the book.
This is the seventh volume in the popular series that allows you to enjoy learning world history as if you were watching a play. The French Revolution is a representative civil revolution that upheld the principles of "liberty," "equality," and "fraternity," which are the foundation of modern civil society. This book provides abundant illustrations and realistic explanations of the French Revolution, which had a great impact on the modern world. Why did the French Revolution happen? And how did it unfold? From the eve of the French Revolution, through the Jacobin dictatorship, to the coup d'état of Thermidor IX, you will learn in detail and in an exciting way all at once. This is a theatrical nonfiction book recommended for those who were interested in the French Revolution through "The Rose of Versailles.
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Indeed, the book is really easy to read and understand. It gives you a historical overview of why the event happened and how it unfolded from there.
This book is an excellent introduction to the French Revolution.
When I was a student, my study of history consisted mainly of memorizing year numbers and people.
This is not a good way to discover the true interest and significance of history, is it? This book also destroys preconceived notions of history.
In the "Introduction" to this book, the author explains why we need to study history and why the French Revolution is so important. It is a bit long, but I thought it was a very important story, so I will quote it.
In the Japanese society in which we live today, the people are granted sovereignty, the right to vote equally regardless of wealth or rank, the right to education, equality under the law, and freedom of thought, belief, and speech.
They are there as a matter of course, just like air, and people forget how much they appreciate them. and some do not even go to elections.
However, until recently, the "right to education" and the "right to vote" were not "taken for granted," and one can only imagine how many people had to shed blood to win these rights.
No, in some countries, it is not the "norm" even today.
There are still many nations that do not have proper education or elections, or that continue to instill warped knowledge in their citizens in the name of "education," or that pretend to hold "elections" but in reality hold "fixed races" or "sham elections.
So when did the societies of developed countries begin to be based on such "national sovereignty," "the right to education," "equality before the law," and "freedom of thought, belief, and speech"?
People who are born with a healthy body and five bodies cannot help but appreciate it.
For example, I was born without the ability to move my right arm, so I know how much it means to me, but a normal person will probably only truly understand this when he or she is "in the body" due to an accident or old age.
In the same way, when trying to understand the society in which we now live, no matter how much we learn about the politics, economics, and culture of our society itself, we will never truly understand it.
The study goes back to a time when the values that formed the foundation of the society did not yet exist, and how they experienced firsthand the suffering of such a society, how they acquired various rights from there, and how they arrived at the present day.
We must learn from the "beginning of the matter".
The French Revolution is a perfect teaching tool.
It was during this decade-long revolution, which literally "washed blood from the veins," that the society we take for granted in today's developed nations was born.
I don't care what happened on the other side of the world 200,000 years ago. I don't care what happened on the other side of the world 200,000 years ago.
To study the French Revolution is to learn and understand ourselves.
Then, did France, which brought "freedom" and "equality" to our society, become happy?
Actually, it is "no."
France would continue to suffer in agony and pain after this revolution.
After the French Revolution, which lasted ten years of great upheaval, the next decade was a period of successive wars known as the "Napoleonic Wars.
Once that was done, it was now time for the 15-year Bourbon rebound period.
The unsettled period would continue for years to come, with the July Revolution, the February Revolution, the dictatorship of Napoleon III, and so on.
Why did France "fail"?
There is no limit to what we can learn there as well.
The French Revolution" is a subject that students have difficulty with every year, despite the fact that it appears extremely frequently in university entrance exams.
It is a revolution that is difficult to understand because of its complexity, but it is a very important revolution that laid the foundation of modern society.
If this book can serve as a "first step" toward that understanding, we would be very happy.
Bele Press, Masashi Jinno, Sekai Shishi Gekijo Gekijo: Torrent of the French Revolution, p. 3-4.
The French Revolution has nothing to do with us living in Japan today. To learn about it is to learn about ourselves.
I think this is very important.
I turned to France to learn more about Dostoevsky, but I unexpectedly ran into a tremendous problem.
However, there is no need to think so hard.
The author, Ms. Jono, tells the story in an exquisite manner that even those who are not good at history will find themselves absorbed in the story before long.
You can read the book as if you were watching a movie, without any elbow grease. What? What happens next? and you will not be able to stop turning the pages.
When we think of the French Revolution, various images come to our mind, such as "The Rose of Versailles," Marie Antoinette, Louis XVI, the Bastille prison, etc. In the following article, I will give a brief summary of what this revolution was actually like, using this book as a reference.
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