The French Exception
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Author | : Emmanuel Godin |
Publisher | : Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781571816849 |
The notion of French exceptionalism is deeply embedded in the nation's self-image and in a range of political and academic discourses. Recently, the debate about whether France really is "exceptional" has acquired a critical edge. Against the background of introspection about the nature of "national identity," some proclaim "normalisation" and the end of French exceptionalism, while others point out to the continuing evidence that France remains distinctive at a number of levels, from popular culture to public policy. This book explores the notion of French exceptionalism, places it in its European context, examines its history and evaluate its continuing relevance in a range of fields from politics and public policy to popular culture and sport.
Author | : Adam Plowright |
Publisher | : Icon Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : France |
ISBN | : 9781785783623 |
An illuminating portrait of France's youngest ever President and what his victory means for Europe and the world
Author | : T. Chafer |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2010-06-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0230281397 |
Analyzes the notion of the French exception and the ways in which it has informed both academic analysis and political commentary on France today. Adopting a comparative and interdisciplinary approach it examines the resilience of the notion of French exceptionalism and evaluates its relevance in a changing domestic and global context.
Author | : Lyombe S. Eko |
Publisher | : Lexington Books |
Total Pages | : 301 |
Release | : 2013-07-10 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0739181130 |
This volume explores the sameness and difference between the United States and France in the matters of freedom of expression on the Internet. The United States and France are liberal democracies that are part of the Western family of nations. However, despite their many similarities, they have a number of cultural and ideological differences. The United States is generally France’s ally in time of war and its cultural nemesis in time of peace. One of the reasons for this unusual relationship is that the United States and France are self-described “exceptional” countries. The United States and France are therefore two Western countries separated by different exceptionalist logics. Lyombe Eko uses this concept of exceptionalism as a theoretical framework for the analysis of American and French resolution of problems of human rights and freedom of expression in the traditional media and on the Internet. This book therefore analyzes how each county applies rules and regulations designed to manage a number of issues of media communication in real space, to the realities and specificities of cyberspace, within the framework of their respective exceptionalist logics. The fundamental question addressed concerns what happens when rules and regulations designed to regulate the media in clearly defined, national and regional geographic spaces, are suddenly confronted with the new realities and multi-communication platforms of the interconnected virtual sphere of cyberspace.
Author | : Sarah Walkley |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2018-09-22 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 3319969234 |
This is the first book to examine whether France’s ongoing defence of the cultural exception as a means to maintain cultural policies and defend cultural diversity is justifiable in the digital age. It questions whether the arrival of new players such as Apple and Netflix makes defence impossible, and whether an explosion in the number of films available makes policies for cultural promotion increasingly unnecessary. The book takes a critical look at French film policy to establish whether it promotes cultural diversity across cinema and video on demand and the implications for ongoing defence of the cultural exception. Sarah Walkley ultimately makes the case for a more disciplined approach to discussion of the cultural exception and cultural diversity in France supporting ideological arguments about competition, freedom of expression, consumer choice and national identity with concrete evidence of the success of French policies in countering US film market dominance.
Author | : Jonathan Buchsbaum |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Cinematography |
ISBN | : 9780231170666 |
Introduction -- International domination by the U.S. film industry -- The Lang years -- European film policy and television without frontiers -- Gatt -- From Canal+ to Canal? -- Bilan(s) -- From cultural exception to cultural diversity -- Was the experience beneficial? -- Conclusion
Author | : Miranda Keeling |
Publisher | : Icon Books |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2022-03-17 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 1785787977 |
'This book is a delight ... the world is full of little surprises, momentary little fountains of pleasure and beauty, that could be visible to all of us if we learned to stop and notice as Miranda Keeling does.' Philip Pullman 'An odd, beautiful book ... Buy an extra copy to give to someone you love.' Neil Gaiman January: A man walking along Caledonian Road falls over onto the huge roll of bubble wrap he is hugging, perhaps for just this sort of situation. Inspired by her popular Twitter account, The Year I Stopped to Notice brings together Miranda Keeling's observations of the magic, humour, strangeness and beauty in ordinary life. Through the changing seasons, on city streets and on buses, in parks and cafes, Miranda notices things: moments between friends, the interactions of strangers, children delighting in the world around them, the quiet melancholy of lost items on the pavement. Accompanied by stunning watercolour illustrations from Luci Power, Miranda's poetic vignettes take us on journeys of discovery and share with us the joy of stopping to notice. September: On a sweltering, packed rush-hour train, my arm suddenly feels lovely and cool, and I look down to see a shopping bag held by the woman beside me - full of just-bought cartons of milk.
Author | : Donald Morrison |
Publisher | : Polity |
Total Pages | : 139 |
Release | : 2010-08-09 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0745649947 |
For a long time, France and its culture have been one and the same. However, of this past glory, all that is left today is navel-gazing, nostalgia and timidity. Covering art, fashion, philosophy, literature and cinema, Donald Morrison argues that French culture no longer has the kind of international standing it once did.
Author | : Michael Scott Christofferson |
Publisher | : Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781571814289 |
Christofferson argues that French anti-totalitarianism was the culmination of direct-democratic critiques of communism & revisions of the revolutionary project after 1956. He offers an alternative interpretation for the denunciation of communism & Marxism by the French intellectual left in the late 1970s.
Author | : Bulent Diken |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2005-06-28 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1134266456 |
We live in an ever-fragmenting society, in which distinctions between culture and nature, biology and politics, law and transgression, mobility and immobility, reality and representation, seem to be disappearing. This book demonstrates the hidden logic beneath this process, which is also the logic of 'the camp'. Social theory has traditionally interpreted the camp as an anomaly, as an exceptional site situated on the margins of society, aiming to neutralize its 'failed citizens' and 'enemies'. However, in contemporary society, 'the camp' has now become the rule and consequently a new interrogation of its logic is necessary. In this exceptional volume, the authors explore the paradox of the camp, as representing both an old fear of enclosure and a new dream of belonging. They illustrate their arguments by drawing on contemporary sites of exemption - such as refugee camps, rape camps and favelas - as well as sites of self-exemption including gated communities, party tourism and celebrity cultures.