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A la recherche de l'engagement (1940-1944)

Year: 1998

Type: article

Abstract: Seeking Commitment (1940-1944), Olivier Wieviorka. In spite of preconceived ideas, engagements during the black years remained the exception. The explanation of danger is not sufficient : collaboration did not mobilize more massively than the Resistance. At least the Resistance induced a new form of engagement, that reconciled, in the name of a group condemned to passivity, an ethic of conviction and one of responsability. The Resistance was a minority effort to restore the general interest during a period of withdrawal towards the private sphere. It defines a libertarian type of engagement whose model continued to wield a strong attraction even up to the 1968 generation, but whose nature also helps to explain the political failure after the Liberation.

Source: Vingtième Siècle Revue d histoire

DOI: 10.2307/3770935

Author: Olivier Wieviorka

Language: English

Topic: French Historical and Cultural Studies

Subfield: History

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2046793907

FWCI: 6.59

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Cited by: 14

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