The American Minervan

Tag: French Republicanism

  • Aegean Origins and History of the Fasces: Minoan Crete to Revolutionary Republicanism

    Aegean Origins and History of the Fasces: Minoan Crete to Revolutionary Republicanism

    INTRODUCTION The fasces did not emerge fully formed in Rome and has its roots in prehistoric traditions. Few symbols encapsulate the ideals of unity, authority, and disciplined governance as profoundly as the fasces. In the American psyche, the fasces became tied to Italian Fascism, Adolf Hitler and the hellish drama of World War II. Symbols…

  • Liberté! Ou la mort! | Georges Delerue: La Marseillaise

    Liberté! Ou la mort! | Georges Delerue: La Marseillaise

    The national SPIRIT of camaraderie in the song La Marseillaise is our spirit. Égalité! fraternité! the old republican revolutionaries and soldiers yelled. Liberté! Ou la mort (or give me death)!