ISBN:
9781137290984
Language:
English
Pages:
VI, 187 S.
,
23 cm
Series Statement:
French politics, society and culture
DDC:
306.0944
Keywords:
Chirac, Jacques
;
Sarkozy, Nicolas
;
Conservatism History 21st century
;
Collective memory History 21st century
;
Politics and culture History 21st century
;
France Cultural policy 21st century
;
History
;
Chirac, Jacques 1932-2019
;
Sarkozy, Nicolas 1955-
;
Frankreich
;
Konservativismus
;
Politik
;
Kultur
Abstract:
"Culture, understood broadly, lay at the heart of contrasting right-wing strategies for government in France during the pivotal decade of 2002-2012. Looking at issues of political secularism, educational reform, televisual performance, public memory and nation-branding, Ahearne analyses how Presidents Chirac and Sarkozy sought to redefine contemporary French identity. The study extends prevailing conceptions of 'cultural policy', and shows how this constitutes a core dimension, alongside economic and social policies, of modern right-wing government. It traces, over the course of the decade in question, a dramatic hardening of the attitudes and values informing these programmes for cultural hegemony. These reflect enduring transformations in the political and symbolic landscape of contemporary France"--
Abstract:
"Culture, understood broadly, lay at the heart of contrasting right-wing strategies for government in France during the pivotal decade of 2002-2012. Looking at issues of political secularism, educational reform, televisual performance, public memory and nation-branding, Ahearne analyses how Presidents Chirac and Sarkozy sought to redefine contemporary French identity. The study extends prevailing conceptions of 'cultural policy', and shows how this constitutes a core dimension, alongside economic and social policies, of modern right-wing government. It traces, over the course of the decade in question, a dramatic hardening of the attitudes and values informing these programmes for cultural hegemony. These reflect enduring transformations in the political and symbolic landscape of contemporary France"--
Description / Table of Contents:
Machine generated contents note:Introduction -- 1. Reforging Symbols: The New Laicity -- 2. Transmission: The College and the Socle Commun -- 3. Government through Television: Policy and Performance -- 4. Memory: History and National Identity -- 5. Outward Projection: France in the World Conclusion.
Note:
Literaturverz. S. 167 - 179 and index
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=45460
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