Qui pense? Qui parle? L’Imaginaire de la Commune ou Passagen-Werk

2021 ◽  
Vol 46 (181) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cornelia Wild
Keyword(s):  
Walter Benjamin ◽  
The Political ◽  
Paris Commune ◽  
Political Imaginary

Comment parle-t-on de l’histoire de la Commune? Comment est-elle traitée? Les tumultes, la révolte, la Commune ont-ils un sujet? Je voudrais aborder les questions de la représentation (Darstellung/Vertretung), en me référant à deux exemples: le Passagen-Werk de Walter Benjamin et L’Imaginaire de la Commune ou Communal Luxury (The Political Imaginary of the Paris Commune) de Kristin Ross. Les questions étant: Qui pense? Qui parle?

Wspólny luksus

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristin Ross
Keyword(s):  
The Political ◽  
Paris Commune ◽  
Political Imaginary

Polski przekład drugiego rozdziału książki "Communal Luxury: The Political Imaginary of the Paris Commune", poświęcony idei "wspólnego luksusu", reformie francuskiego systemu edukacji, w tym edukacji artystycznej, a także koncepcji zniesienia podziału na sztuki piękne i rzemiosło podczas krótkich i burzliwych rządów Komuny w roku 1871.

Time to break up with the international community? Rhetoric and realities of a political myth in Cambodia

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Katrin Travouillon ◽  
Julie Bernath
Keyword(s):  
Field Research ◽  
International Community ◽  
The Political ◽  
Legal Aid ◽  
Political Reality ◽  
Development Interventions ◽  
Political Myth ◽  
Transnational Cooperation ◽  
Political Imaginary ◽  
Liberal Peacebuilding

Abstract The international community is as ubiquitous as it is elusive and its universalist pretensions remain unchallenged in political and academic discourse. In response, this article turns to Bottici's work on political myths. Against the notion of myths as falsehoods, we argue that they create their own sphere of shared social and political reality. The analysis centres on the case of Cambodia, a country that served as an experiment of liberal interventionism. It draws on archival and field research on two consecutive international interventions, a review of public statements by international actors, and interviews with Cambodian actors and activist. We argue that to understand the ideas actors use to orient themselves as they press for change, it is necessary to consider how decades of engagement with the myth have shaped the political imaginary. Our empirical analysis points to three different phases in the use of the myth: Its production during UNTAC, the reinforcement of its narratives through subsequent legal, aid and development interventions, and finally its contemporary use in a post-liberal context. We observe that Cambodian actors increasingly engage the myth to question the terms of transnational cooperation for democracy. Our work has implications for assessments of the legacies of liberal peacebuilding.

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