UID:
almahu_9947382401702882
Format:
1 online resource (255 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
2-271-07798-2
Series Statement:
CNRS sociologie
Content:
What death has that is monumental, unexpected and collective, such is the subject of this work. He approaches collective deaths through a sociological perspective, the central question being: does not the death of a collective of men, in addition to the usual treatments, give rise to specific reactions and practices linked to the collective character of these deaths? From this point of view, this death would be collective because it generates an original treatment different from “ordinary” deaths. This research builds on a body of twenty major accidents have occurred on French territory 20th century. The oldest is that of the fire of the Bazar de la Charité in 1897, the deadliest those of the Courrières mines in 1906 and the rupture of the Malpasset dam in 1959, the most recent that of the fire of the Mont tunnel. -Blanc in 1999.Social dangers, emotional reactions, mourning rituals and the construction of a collective memory are studied. Today collective deaths can no longer be explained by divine vengeance or a furious Nature, it is human responsibility that is in question. This raises the almost insoluble problem of collective human responsibility, which is very complex in terms of law. From this stems the idea of an impossible passage, hence also the need for an over-ritualization and recurring forgetting.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Also available in print form.
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French
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9782271062611
Language:
French
DOI:
10.4000/books.editionscnrs.1589
