Socio-histoire d'un concept. Les usages du mot « nationalité» au XIXe siècle
Year: 1995
Type: article
Abstract: Socio-History of a Concept: The Uses of the Word «Nationality» in the 19th Century In the French language, the definition of the word «nationality» is caught in a tension between a subjective sense («the feeling of belonging to the nation») and an objective sense («the legal bond tying an individual to his State»). Through the study of the invention and successive uses of the term by French intellectuals in the 19th century, we can understand the reasons for these semantic ambiguities and the role that the issue of «nationality» still plays today in political debates.
Source: Genèses
Author: Gérard Noiriel
Language: English
Subfield: History
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2021661762