LEADER 03031nam 2200505 450 001 9910816753903321 005 20170919171941.0 010 $a1-84545-365-4 010 $a0-85745-538-9 024 7 $a10.1515/9780857455383 035 $a(CKB)3710000000658442 035 $a(EBL)4519635 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4519635 035 $a(DE-B1597)636097 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780857455383 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000658442 100 $a20070713d2008 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aShades of indignation $epolitical scandals in France, past and present /$fPaul Jankowski 210 1$aNew York :$cBerghahn Books,$d2008. 215 $a1 online resource (236 p.) 225 1 $aBerghahn monographs in French studies ;$vvolume 1 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aTitle Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 Treason; Chapter 2 Corruption; Chapter 3 Injustice; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index 330 $aAt the end of the twentieth century France found itself in the midst of another scandalous fin de siècle, awash with rumors and revelations of wrongdoing in high places. As the millennium expired, the Republic?s servants, some sitting, others retired, received much condemnation, whether welcomed or resented. When taken together, surely les affaires now approximate in political significance (if not in noise or invective) those of the Dreyfus or Panama scandals a century ago? Yet the author argues this is not so. Today, treason has vanished and is slowly giving way to a transgression different in kind, but equivalent in gravamen: the crime against humanity. Corruption is far from disappearing, yet now it inspires resignation rather than indignation - and as such, it has lost its power to scandalize. Jankowski claims that such transformations tell a tale. The state that once aspired to pre-eminence as the sole magnet of loyalty, touchstone of probity, and guarantor of right, has yielded significant ground to the individual who is now more likely to elevate his own dignity and cry scandal on his own behalf. [In these times,] Individualism is de-politicizing the group and [ultimately] diluting the mystique of France, the nation-state par excellence. 410 0$aBerghahn monographs in French studies ;$vv. 1. 606 $aPolitical corruption$zFrance$xHistory 606 $aMisconduct in office$zFrance$xHistory 607 $aFrance$xPolitics and government$xMoral and ethical aspects 615 0$aPolitical corruption$xHistory. 615 0$aMisconduct in office$xHistory. 676 $a944 700 $aJankowski$b Paul$f1950-$01643819 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910816753903321 996 $aShades of indignation$94093125 997 $aUNINA