Title : 1885: The Colonial Turning Point of the Republic - Gilles Manceron - book
Summary :
A new work that puts into perspective recent debates on France's colonial past, in light of the decisive debates that marked the beginnings of the Third Republic, and then the entire history of the 20th century.
During the public debate in France in the 2000s on the colonial question, it was often forgotten that the Republic was never truly unanimous on this subject. Thus, in 1885, when some republicans took up the monarchical idea of colonial conquests, this gave rise to heated clashes in the Chamber of Deputies, at the end of which the colonial project only narrowly prevailed.
Hence the major interest in rereading today the formidable parliamentary debates of July and December 1885, during the vote on credits for the continuation of the conquest of Madagascar and Indochina. The historian Gilles Manceron offers here a reasoned selection, accompanied by a preface putting them into perspective. When Jules Ferry defends the idea of a "republican colonization" in the name of the rights of "superior races vis-à-vis inferior races", Jules Maigne, an old republican of 1848, replies to him: "You dare to say that in the country where the rights of man were proclaimed!" And Georges Clemenceau: "I do not understand why we were not unanimous here in rising up with one leap to violently protest against your words!"
The "colonial party" then did everything to make people forget this fundamental debate of 1885. It was on this concealment that a republican colonial policy was able to develop for three quarters of a century, ignoring human rights – and whose legacy is returning today.
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EAN : 9782707148339
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