The French Revolution was reinterpreted through a history-of-races lens early in the nineteenth century

Evidence

What you see taking shape here will be just as important in the early nineteenth century: the French Revolution—and the political and social struggles that went on during it—are being reinterpreted in terms of the history of races. — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 6955

Categorization

• XREF: Directly grounds the colonial ‘war of races’ discourse (Foucault’s earlier lectures) that later inflects racialized thinking of the colonial era. — connects to: Late-nineteenth-century racial theory was nearly undisputed in European culture; The French Revolution fused human rights with national sovereignty; The Revolution’s class struggles were reinterpreted as race history — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 226 (+1 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 6955

Broader Connections

• The Revolution’s class struggles were reinterpreted as race history #expands (0.95) — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 226
• Class struggle derives historically from the earlier discourse of race struggle #corroborates (0.80) — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 96