Charlie Hebdo and French Collective Memory: Origins of the Right to Caricature

2019 ◽  
pp. 53-91
Author(s):  
Lyombe Eko
Keyword(s):  
Collective Memory ◽  
The Right ◽  
Charlie Hebdo

scholarly journals MEMÓRIA, HISTÓRIA E RELAÇÕES DE PODER * MEMORY, HISTORY AND POWER RELATIONS

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 327
Author(s):  
Sonale Diane Pastro de Oliveira ◽  
Maria Gabriela Silva Martins da Cunha Marinho
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Collective Memory ◽  
Transitional Justice ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Historical Record ◽  
Military Regime ◽  
American System ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Military ◽  
Change Memory

<p><strong>Resumo:</strong> Superado o regime militar, o Brasil tornou-se signatário de acordos internacionais de defesa e promoção dos direitos humanos. Apesar disso, até recentemente, o país negligenciou princípios e fundamentos da justiça de transição previstos pelo Sistema Interamericano de Direitos Humanos, entre eles, o direito à verdade, fato que o coloca à margem daquele Sistema. O artigo pontua aspectos políticos da transição-redemocratização política que podem explicar o adiamento da instalação da Comissão Nacional da Verdade no país, criada somente em 2011, e acentua também o caráter contraditório do processo. Especificamente, a análise assinala o fato de que ao transitar da memória para a história, como pretensamente fazem as comissões da verdade, os indivíduos que se aventuram no registro histórico estarão manejando e interferindo na memória coletiva, na percepção e na identidade da qual fazem parte, o que transforma memória em poder.   <br /><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Palavras-chaves:</strong> Comissão da Verdade; Memória; Relações de Poder; Direitos Humanos; Democracia.  </p><p><strong>Abstract:</strong> Overcoming the military regime, Brazil has become signatory of the international defense agreements and promotion of human rights. Yet, until recently, the country has neglected to foundations of transitional justice provided for the Inter-American System of Human Rights, between them, the right of truth, fact that stands aside that system. The article points out political aspects of transitional policy re-democratization which may explain the setting up progress of the National Truth Committee in the country, created only in 2011, and also emphasizes the contradictory procedure. Specifically, the analysis indicates the fact that going through memory to history, the way supposedly the Truth Committees do, the individuals who venture into a historical record will be managing and interfering in the collective memory, perception and identity from which they take part and change memory into power.  <br /><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Keywords:</strong> The Truth Committee, Memory and Power Relations, Human Rights, Democracy.<strong> </strong></p>

scholarly journals Charlie Hebdo: Testing the Limits of Freedom of Expression

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Niaz A. Shah
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Hate Speech ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
European Convention ◽  
Muslim Community ◽  
The Public ◽  
Shared Space ◽  
The Right ◽  
Charlie Hebdo

AbstractThe right to freedom of expression is a qualified right: it allows expression that might ‘offend, shock or disturb’ but prohibits ‘insults’, ‘abusive attacks’ and ‘hate speech’. Applying the Convention test I argue that all cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, which although might offend Muslims, are an acceptable form of expression in Western democracies except cartoon number two implying the Prophet Muhammad as a ‘terrorist’ which is ‘insulting’ and ‘an abusive attack’ on the Muslim community and Islam. In the post-9/11 circumstances, it may be viewed as a vehicle for instigating hatred against the Muslim community. By critiquing the inaction of Denmark and France, I argue that failure to prosecute Jyllands-Posten and Charlie Hebdo violates Articles 9(1) of the European Convention and the Danish Criminal Code and the French Freedom of Press Act 1881. Relying on ECtHR’s jurisprudence, I argue that the values of the Convention and democracy aim to nurture a society based on tolerance, social peace, non-discrimination and broad-mindedness. The public space is a shared space and no single group – religious and non-religious – can monopolise nor intimidate it.

The Hegemonic Bourguibist Discourse on Modernity in Post-revolutionary Tunisia

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 179-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathilde Zederman
Keyword(s):  
Collective Memory ◽  
National Level ◽  
Specific Reference ◽  
Political Movements ◽  
Discursive Strategies ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Scene ◽  
Independence Era ◽  
The Right ◽  
Shed Light

This article examines the continued resonance of Bourguibist discourses on modernity within Tunisia, how his political legacy continues to serve as a point of reference for diverse political movements, and therefore seeks to question how this conceptualization of modernity remains hegemonic. I posit that the national narrative of “modernity” conveyed by Bourguiba in the post-independence era should be understood as an arena of struggle over power and identity, and accordingly that both serve to shed light on how collective memory is mobilized as a political idiom to legitimise certain ideological agendas and views on what is deemed the “right” Tunisian national identity. With specific reference to Ennahda and Nidaa Tounes, I argue that understanding the prevailing political and social scene of post-revolutionary Tunisia necessitates examination of the social construction of Bourguiba, how he has come to be “mythologised” in order to generate support at a national level, and more importantly how this functions within broader discursive strategies towards power. In seeking to move beyond the current binarism that situates Islamists and so-called “secularists” (supposedly heirs of Bourguibism) in opposition, this study seeks to demonstrate the commonalities within their respective appropriations of the Bourguibist legacy in the post-revolutionary context, and thereby to elucidate how his normative heritage serves as a touchstone for seemingly contradictory ideological currents.

Charlie Hebdo, Free Speech and Counter-Speech

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 219-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Dawes
Keyword(s):  
Free Speech ◽  
Media Framing ◽  
Rapid Response ◽  
The Right ◽  
Charlie Hebdo

This brief rapid response article considers the French media framing of the Charlie Hebdo attack in terms of ‘Republican values’ such as free speech, and critiques the post-political and moralistic reduction of debate to ‘right and wrong’ arguments, as well as the fetishisation of the right to offend and the depoliticisation of the right to be offended.

scholarly journals Collective memory or the right to be forgotten? Cultures of digital memory and forgetting in the European Union

2021 ◽  
pp. 175069802110447
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Stainforth
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Collective Memory ◽  
European Commission ◽  
Memory Studies ◽  
The European Union ◽  
European Regulation ◽  
Digital Memory ◽  
Right To Be Forgotten ◽  
Google Books ◽  
The Right

This article investigates cultures of digital memory and forgetting in the European Union. The article first gives some background to key debates in media memory studies, before going on to analyse the shaping of European Commission and European Union initiatives in relation to Google’s activities from the period 2004–present. The focus of inquiry for the discussion of memory is the Google Books project and Europeana, a database of digitized cultural collections drawn from European museums, libraries and archives. Attention is then given to questions of forgetting by exploring the tension between Google’s search and indexing mechanisms and the right to be forgotten. The article ends by reflecting on the scale of the shift in contemporary cultures of memory and forgetting, and considers how far European regulation enables possible interventions in this domain.

scholarly journals STRATEGI PENYELAMATAN ARSIP STATIS PANDEMI COVID-19 SEBAGAI MEMORI KOLEKTIF BANGSA OLEH LEMBAGA KEARSIPAN

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Azmi Azmi
Keyword(s):  
Collective Memory ◽  
Political Organizations ◽  
State Institutions ◽  
Continuous Innovation ◽  
Sources Of Knowledge ◽  
Cultural Life ◽  
Archival Institution ◽  
Strategic Acquisition ◽  
The Right ◽  
Audio Video

The phenomenon of political, social, economic, and cultural life in Indonesia in the figth against the pandemic COVID-19 leaves historical records in various forms and media (paper, maps, pictures, infographics, photos, audio, video, and digital) called COVID-19 pandemic archives. The COVID-19 pandemic archives is crucial for historical evidence, sources of knowledge, continuous innovation, and material for national liability for the life of society, nation and state. The archival institution as a static archival management institution in Indonesia as mandated Law of Number of 43 of 2009 on Archival has the responsibility of saving the COVID-19 pandemic archives produced by state institutions, regional governments, companies, political organizations, social organizations, and individuals as nation's collective memory. The study of saving the COVID-19 pandemic archives aims to examine the problem of the right strategy for archival institutions in saving the COVID-19 pandemic archives as the nation's collective memory. The analysis result showed that the strategy of saving the COVID-19 pandemic archives as a collective memory was carried out through policy making, applying strategic acquisition methods and documentation strategies, optimizing resources, and increasing COVID-19 pandemic archives access.

‘It was like something that you have at home which becomes so familiar that you don't even pay attention to it’: memories of Mussolini and Fascism in Predappio, 1922–2010

Modern Italy ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofia Serenelli
Keyword(s):  
Collective Memory ◽  
Traditional Values ◽  
Collective Memories ◽  
Public Role ◽  
Combined Use ◽  
Political Orientations ◽  
Local Contexts ◽  
Post War ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Town

Despite the increasing scholarly attention dedicated to the study of reception and memory of Fascism, these issues have not yet been widely addressed from the standpoint of collective memories in specific local contexts. Through a combined use of oral history and micro-history, this study explores the identity and collective memory of Predappio, Mussolini's hometown. Predappio is an emblematic place on account of its ‘public’ role within the Italian nation as the town of the Duce and, since 1957, the site of neofascist pilgrimages. By looking at memories of people born under the regime from different political orientations, ranging from the right to the left, it concentrates on the local collective memory of Fascism, of Mussolini and of the ongoing post-war cult of the Duce. The article aims to demonstrate both the relevance of local mythologies and the increasing spread of a reconciliatory narrative of Fascism based on traditional values such as family and kinship.

scholarly journals One meta-media event, two forms of censorship: The Charlie Hebdo affair in the United Kingdom and Turkey

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-101
Author(s):  
Lyombe Eko ◽  
Lea Hellmueller
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Editorial Decisions ◽  
The Right ◽  
Cultural Pressures ◽  
Media Event ◽  
Charlie Hebdo

This study analyses British and Turkish media conceptualizations of the Charlie Hebdo affair. Editorial decisions to republish or not to republish the Mohammed cartoon cover reflected the politico-cultural pressures on the journalistic fields in both countries. The controversy demonstrated that the editorial autonomy of the British media outlets enabled them to engage in ‘eclectic neutrality’, the right to decide to republish or not to republish the cartoons. Despite the severely constrained journalistic environment of Turkey, where expectations of respect for religion take precedence over freedom of expression, the Turkish media engaged in symbolic acts of resistance in furtherance of freedom of expression.

BELIEF AND EVIDENCE, AND HOW IT MAY AID REFLECTION CONCERNING CHARLIE HEBDO

Think ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (42) ◽  
pp. 151-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brenda Watson
Keyword(s):  
Free Speech ◽  
The West ◽  
The Right ◽  
Charlie Hebdo

Starting from support for James's critique of Clifford's dictum, the article argues for holding beliefs, whether secular or religious, firmly but provisionally, remaining open to fresh experience. This consideration prompts reflection on the debate following the attack on Charlie Hebdo. Alternative beliefs were opposing each other with seemingly equal certainty. The justification for insistence on the right to free speech itself requires scrutiny. The article finishes by noting the baleful effects of the intellectual apartheid which has tended to be practised in the West which presumes that religion and reason have nothing to do with each other.

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