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1 juin 2017
- doi: 10.4000/books.pufr.4255
- eisbn: 9782869064706
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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liberté informatique liberté d'expression Révolution française Philosophy History POL035000 JPVSujets proches
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Loretta Valtz Mannucci, « Portraits of Liberty, Pictures of Freedom: Two Readings of Governance in the American Republic », Presses universitaires François-Rabelais, ID : 10.4000/books.pufr.4255
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Portraits have played an important role in governance since the rise of the nation state and the absolute monarch. Earlier, the Catholic Church had employed “portraits” of saints and, more importantly, of Jesus, but they were imaginary and intended to fix awe and devotion. Along with the portraits of kings “taken from life”, the portraits of God the father and ruler with individualized features appeared, and the two reinforced each other; alongside portraits of the nobility appeared those of ...