Something Happened In Paradise: Thermidor In America
A Thesis, 1963-2008
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About the Book
Thermidor is just another way of saying Inquisition. At a point in time, the structure is in trouble. You either fix the structure, or you start shooting the people – in the life of a complex group called a society. The shooting of people in a complex group, randomly constituted – on account of the structure – is what we call an Inquisition.
About the Author
The author was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1946. He served in the U.S. Army, then attended Columbia University School of International Affairs, and the Ph.D. Program in History at New York University. This book is part of the follow-up of the PH.D. Thesis Proposal that the author presented to New York University on December 24, 1980, and worked out as a private scholar the next 20 years. The work that went into the book spanned a period of around thirty years overall.