AHIS 16A00 - A Political History of the 19th-Century Europe

The aim of this course (lecture) is to provide a broad understanding of the advent of the Political “modernity” in the 19th-century Europe. This “modernity” presents a sharp contrast between two main narratives: the narrative of a political ‘progress' illustrated by the multifold development of new liberties and democratic institutions and the narrative of the exaltation of nationalism and imperialism which lead to the European Catastrophe of the World War I. The 19th Century has been alternatively called the “Century of Progress” or the “Century of nationalisms”. It is around that contradiction that the Course will evolved from the time of the French Revolution of 1789 to the outset of the Great War in 1914. The 12 sessions will be focused on the political issues with insights in the domain of the economic, social and intellectual transformations. DESCRIPTIF SEANCES DU COURS : Séance 1: The Century of Modern politics: general presentation Séance 2: Revolution(s) in France and in Europe (1789-1799) Séance 3: Napoleonic Wars, Napoleonic era (1799-1815) Séance 4: Restoration(s): hopes and failures (1815-1848) Séance 5: 1848: Revolutions, Radical Democracy, Socialism Séance 6: Caesarean Democracy, challenge to Liberal Democracy (1850s to 1880s) Séance 7: The Republican model in France: successes and failures (1880s to 1910s) Séance 8: The Mass era: the example of the Dreyfus Case Séance 9: Struggle for life: Nation-states, Empires, Internationalism Séance 10: The Projection of the European rivalries: Colonialism and Imperialism Séance 11: The Advent of the European Catastrophe: the War of 1914 Séance 12: New trends in the Horizon: WWI and European Democracy

Jakob VOGEL,Arnaud PIERRE

Cours magistral et conférences

English

Aucun

Autumn 2024-2025

conférence de méthode et examen final

CM (24h) - CDM (24h) Attention: le CM se fera sous un format de 8 séances de 3h