L’Histoire instrumentalisée : le cas syrien

All tyrannical regimes manipulate history to impose a vision that suits their political objectives. In Syria, ancient history, particularly that of Palmyra, is being completely rewritten without any regard for historical and archaeological documentation. The aim is to feed an exacerbated nationalism...

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Main Author: Maurice Sartre
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Language:fra
Published: Équipe Monde Arabe Méditerranée 2025-01-01
Series:Les Cahiers d’EMAM
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/emam/5698
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description All tyrannical regimes manipulate history to impose a vision that suits their political objectives. In Syria, ancient history, particularly that of Palmyra, is being completely rewritten without any regard for historical and archaeological documentation. The aim is to feed an exacerbated nationalism by putting any foreign presence on trial, accusing it of being a colonial enterprise, be it Roman, Turkish or French. But this discourse is not without danger, because it means that part of the country’s rich heritage is denigrated as vestiges of colonialism, and the population is distracted from preserving it.
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spelling doaj-art-ea37c5c79f9c40479d043a71406e1d762025-01-09T10:58:21ZfraÉquipe Monde Arabe MéditerranéeLes Cahiers d’EMAM1969-248X2102-64162025-01-013610.4000/131k9L’Histoire instrumentalisée : le cas syrienMaurice SartreAll tyrannical regimes manipulate history to impose a vision that suits their political objectives. In Syria, ancient history, particularly that of Palmyra, is being completely rewritten without any regard for historical and archaeological documentation. The aim is to feed an exacerbated nationalism by putting any foreign presence on trial, accusing it of being a colonial enterprise, be it Roman, Turkish or French. But this discourse is not without danger, because it means that part of the country’s rich heritage is denigrated as vestiges of colonialism, and the population is distracted from preserving it.https://journals.openedition.org/emam/5698SyriaAncient historyZenobiaNationalism and ColonialismWriting History
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L’Histoire instrumentalisée : le cas syrien
Les Cahiers d’EMAM
Syria
Ancient history
Zenobia
Nationalism and Colonialism
Writing History
title L’Histoire instrumentalisée : le cas syrien
title_full L’Histoire instrumentalisée : le cas syrien
title_fullStr L’Histoire instrumentalisée : le cas syrien
title_full_unstemmed L’Histoire instrumentalisée : le cas syrien
title_short L’Histoire instrumentalisée : le cas syrien
title_sort l histoire instrumentalisee le cas syrien
topic Syria
Ancient history
Zenobia
Nationalism and Colonialism
Writing History
url https://journals.openedition.org/emam/5698
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