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Explores how the French Revolution has given birth to both terror and democracy. Nature and significance of the experiential quality of the French Revolution; Notions about the social contract; Transfer of sacredness to the social framework.

Focuses on the British male affect and sociability during the French Revolution in Great Britain. Details of the correspondence between engineer William Creighton and Gregory Watt; Description of Whig or liberal and anti-Whig versions of British sexuality; Impact of the revolution on the affective energy of the British males.

Comments on William Doyle's and Michelle Vovelle's interpretations of the French Revolution. Consequences of using the revisionist writing; Convergence of the texts of Doyle and Vovelle; Meaning of ideological conflicts; Revolutionary consciousness of the elite.