The word of French origin, the avant-garde, originally referred exclusively to military terminology and meant a detachment advancing forward on the movement of the troops; advance detachment. In the years of the French Revolution this word became a revolutionary metaphor and in 1794 was included in the name of the Jacobin magazine. Since then, the military has begun to supplant political meaning.
The word of French origin, the avant-garde, originally referred exclusively to military terminology and meant a detachment advancing forward on the movement of the troops; advance detachment. In the years of the French Revolution this word became a revolutionary metaphor and in 1794 was included in the name of the Jacobin magazine. Since then, the military has begun to supplant political meaning.