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SUMMARY:Burying the Violent Ones: Radical Funerals in France's Early Third
  Republic - Dawn Dodds (St. John's College)
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CONTACT:Ilya Berkovich
DESCRIPTION:Building on existing research of the grand funerals staged as 
 patriotic and republican festivals during the Third Republic\, this paper 
 will examine the events surrounding the deaths of those who represented th
 e more radical and violent heritage of this movement. In particular\, I wi
 ll emphasize the contrast between the eulogies given at the funerals of tw
 o prominent figures on the far left: François-Vincent Raspail (1878) and 
 Louis-Auguste Blanqui (1881).\n\nInvited to give the official oration at R
 aspail's grave\, the socialist Louis Blanc paid tribute to Raspail for tak
 ing up arms when conditions had made this absolutely necessary. However\, 
 he also reminded the crowd that it was only because of the struggle and sa
 crifice of this earlier generation of radicals - Raspail one of its heroes
  - that the left was now able to rely on more peaceful methods of politica
 l dissent. In complete contrast\, Louise Michel ("The Red Angel") centred 
 her grave-side speech on Blanqui's long years of suffering and unwavering 
 dedication to social revolution. She characterized his legacy as arms left
  to a movement\, now honour-bound\, to carry on the struggle.
LOCATION:Drawing Room\, Fisher Building\, St. John's College
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