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Stephanie Ash

I do not think that books by themselves make revolutions. Both authors point out that none of the texts read by the Revolutionists called for a rebellion. Do books contribute to rebellion and revolution? I think so but the people reading the books have to already have the impetus to want to rebel. Books provide a way of communication, of transmitting ideas and spawning new ideas that help revolutions occur. I think without books and writers, the revolution would have happened anyway but at a different time and under different circumstances, there was too many factors that made the French people desire change to place any direct blame on books.

‹ Michelle Klenn [0]

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