03031nam 2200505 450 991081675390332120170919171941.01-84545-365-40-85745-538-910.1515/9780857455383(CKB)3710000000658442(EBL)4519635(MiAaPQ)EBC4519635(DE-B1597)636097(DE-B1597)9780857455383(EXLCZ)99371000000065844220070713d2008 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierShades of indignation political scandals in France, past and present /Paul JankowskiNew York :Berghahn Books,2008.1 online resource (236 p.)Berghahn monographs in French studies ;volume 1Description based upon print version of record.Includes bibliographical references and index.Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 Treason; Chapter 2 Corruption; Chapter 3 Injustice; Conclusion; Bibliography; IndexAt the end of the twentieth century France found itself in the midst of another scandalous fin de siècle, awash with rumors and revelations of wrongdoing in high places. As the millennium expired, the Republic’s servants, some sitting, others retired, received much condemnation, whether welcomed or resented. When taken together, surely les affaires now approximate in political significance (if not in noise or invective) those of the Dreyfus or Panama scandals a century ago? Yet the author argues this is not so. Today, treason has vanished and is slowly giving way to a transgression different in kind, but equivalent in gravamen: the crime against humanity. Corruption is far from disappearing, yet now it inspires resignation rather than indignation - and as such, it has lost its power to scandalize. Jankowski claims that such transformations tell a tale. The state that once aspired to pre-eminence as the sole magnet of loyalty, touchstone of probity, and guarantor of right, has yielded significant ground to the individual who is now more likely to elevate his own dignity and cry scandal on his own behalf. [In these times,] Individualism is de-politicizing the group and [ultimately] diluting the mystique of France, the nation-state par excellence.Berghahn monographs in French studies ;v. 1.Political corruptionFranceHistoryMisconduct in officeFranceHistoryFrancePolitics and governmentMoral and ethical aspectsPolitical corruptionHistory.Misconduct in officeHistory.944Jankowski Paul1950-1643819MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816753903321Shades of indignation4093125UNINA