Melancholy politics : loss, mourning, and memory in late modern France / Jean-Philippe Mathy.

Author/creator Mathy, Jean-Philippe
Format Book
Publication InfoUniversity Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2011.
Description237 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Politics and culture--France.
Loss (Psychology)--Political aspects. --France.
Grief--Political aspects. --France.
Collective memory--Political aspects. --France.
Nationalism--France.
Secularism--France.
Republicanism--France.
Jacobins--France.
Exceptionalism--France.
France--Politics and government. --1958-.

Contents Introduction: Loss, mourning, memory -- Specters of the sixties -- French postmodern -- Le Débat, year one : the generation of 1980 -- The return of the prophet : Bourdieu, Zola, and the Dreyfusist legacy -- Desperately seeking Marianne : the uses of the republic -- Memory wars -- Old wine, new skins : race, laïcité, Frenchness -- Conclusion.
Scope and content "A study of the cultural politics of loss and mourning in France from 1978 to the present. Focuses on national identity, secularism, Jacobin republicanism, and political-cultural exceptionalism"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [227]-234) and index.
LCCN 2010039065
ISBN9780271037837 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0271037830 (cloth : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks DC417 .M387 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold