Rousseau et la « Renaissance classique » française (1898-1933)

The end of xixth century is a difficult time for the French people. The confidence they had in their politicians is shaken by Napoleon III’s military defeat in 1871, the consecutive fall of his Empire, the political misfortunes of the new Republic or by the economic Krach of 1882. “Boulangism” and a...

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Main Author: Christophe Salvat
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Published: École Normale Supérieure de Lyon 2014-06-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/asterion/2545
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description The end of xixth century is a difficult time for the French people. The confidence they had in their politicians is shaken by Napoleon III’s military defeat in 1871, the consecutive fall of his Empire, the political misfortunes of the new Republic or by the economic Krach of 1882. “Boulangism” and anti-semitism are the prime beneficiaries of the growing social and racial dissents in France. So are Charles Maurras and his Royalist party “L’Action Française” after the suicide of general Boulanger and the conviction of captain Dreyfus. Disciple of Auguste Comte, Maurras launches regular attacks on Rousseau whom he considers as responsible for the moral and political decadence of France. A violent campaign takes then place against the moral and aesthetic values of romanticism. Branded as an icon of romanticism by the defendants of a “New Classical Renaissance”, Rousseau comes to embody all possible evils of modern society: excessive individualism, moral corruption, cosmopolitism, republicanism, Zionism, anarchism and even homosexuality.
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Rousseau et la « Renaissance classique » française (1898-1933)
Astérion
Rousseau
Maurras
Romanticism
Action Française
Reception theory
title Rousseau et la « Renaissance classique » française (1898-1933)
title_full Rousseau et la « Renaissance classique » française (1898-1933)
title_fullStr Rousseau et la « Renaissance classique » française (1898-1933)
title_full_unstemmed Rousseau et la « Renaissance classique » française (1898-1933)
title_short Rousseau et la « Renaissance classique » française (1898-1933)
title_sort rousseau et la renaissance classique francaise 1898 1933
topic Rousseau
Maurras
Romanticism
Action Française
Reception theory
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