Rene Rémond

Career

Born the September 30th 1918 with Lons-the-Salt maker from a father engineer inhabitant of Franche-Comté and a Champagne mother, Rene Rémond is the nephew of Paul Rémond, bishop of Nice of 1930 to 1963.

After studies with the colleges Carnot, Louis-the-Large Condorcet and , it is acceptable in July 1939 with the entrance examination to the National university, but is mobilized until in 1941. It enters finally to the School in 1942, takes part in the Résistance, and is received second with the aggregation of history; there remains street of Ulm as an aggregate preparer, or caiman .

Entered with the Youth Christian coed (JEC) the years 1930, he becomes his general secretary in 1943. In 1946, he is elected general secretary of the international Center of documentation and information, created by the JEC to sit an international presence. The same year, it Co-founds with Pierre Juneau the JEC Internationale (JECI-IYCS) which plays the part of international coordination of movements JEC.

Assistant of Pierre Renouvin in the Sorbonne with leaving the war, it obtains in 1952 a doctorate are letters with his thesis on the United States in front of the French public opinion (1815-1852) , directed by Charles-Henri Pouthas. During the drafting of its thesis, it also prepared what will become its most known work, the Line in France of 1815 to our days , which it publishes in 1954.

It is then attending the Université of Paris, and becomes in 1956 directing of studies and research to the national Fondation of political sciences (FNSP) and University lecturer, then Professor of the universities to the institute of political studies of Paris.

In 1964, it is named with the new and social science Faculty of Arts of the university of Paris with Nanterre, where it occupies the first pulpit of “history of the 20th century” created in France. He becomes senior of faculty in 1970, and will be the first president of the news university Paris-X Nanterre of 1971 with 1976. He is first vice-president of the Conférence of the presidents of university of 1974 with 1976, and director of the historical Revue of 1973 with 1998.

As of this time, it frequently intervenes with the television, the radio and in the press to comment on the political news, in particular at the time of the electoral evenings, and will sit in various boards of directors of public agencies of radiotélédiffusion.

In 1978, it takes part in the creation of the Institut of history of time present (IHTP), of which he will be the first president of 1979 with 1990. It is also of 1988 to its death chair Superior council of the files.

In 1981, it succeeds François Goguel with the presidency of the national Foundation of political sciences, posts that it leaves on January 30th, 2007 with the profit of Jean-Claude Casanova.

The June 18th 1998, it is elected with the first armchair of the French Academy, where it succeeds François Furet, is elected and died the previous year before to have sat; it will have to make the double praise of Pipe cleaner and its predecessor, Michel Debré.

His/her son Bruno, political economist, works on the Décentralisation and the local government agencies, and also teaches with the IEP of Paris.

He dies saturdays April 14th 2007 at the eighty eight years age, continuations of a disease . On Monday, April 16, 2007, the board of directors of the FNSP baptizes name of Rene Rémond the building located at the nº 13 of the street of the University, old seat of the National school of administration. Its funerals took place on Friday, April 20, 2007 in the church Saint-Pierre de Montrouge. Y assisted many personalities such as Louis Schweitzer, Valery Giscard d'Estaing, of the members of the French Academy of which the perpetual secretary, Helene Carrère d' Encausse, which pronounced one of the funeral praises. It rests with the Cimetière of the Father-Lachaise.

Work

One owes him about thirty works of political, intellectual history and nun of France with.

It published in 1954 its work most famous, the Line in France of 1815 to our days , become traditional of the social sciences, and famous the Lines in France for its fourth and last edition, in 1982. It draws up there French line a typology in three families inherited the conflicts of the 19th century, the line orleanist or liberal, line Bonapartist or authoritative, and line legitimist or reactionary, and postulates their relevance until our days. The step illustrates the profit that the Social sciences can draw from a reciprocal fecundation from the political Histoire and Political science, as well as the importance of the comprehension of the great movements and remanent mentalities to include/understand the policy event-driven , which Helene Carrère d' Encausse will summarize thus when it accommodates Rémond with the Academy one half-century later: To seize the significance of the present, shouldn't it be restored in one long life when find to be better explained the facts and the behaviors? Shouldn't one call some with the traditions of thought to evaluate the most recent trends of opinion, their progress, their declines, their fluctuations?

In 1992, Jean-François Sirinelli, former student of Rémond and Jean Touchard, will direct large a Histoire of the right-hand sides to France in three volumes which falls under the line of the work of Rémond, and shows the prospects for French a historical line study opened with the concepts of Political culture and sensitivity.

Starting from the Years 1960, Rémond is one of the great figures of the revival of the political Histoire, target of the criticism of the Annales, with at the same time the historians nanterrois and those of the institute of political studies of Paris, where he also teaches. In 1988, it directs For a political history , work collective with proclamation aiming by which large French politists expose the transformations of their field, reaffirm of it the relevance within social sciences in general and of the history in particular, and still underline the fields to explore.

More largely, this revival benefits from the new blossoming of the Political science, in particular with the IEP of Paris with work of Jean Touchard, general secretary of the national Foundation of political sciences, François Goguel, Alfred Grosser, Raoul Girardet, Maurice Duverger - and Rémond itself.

It is as with the contemporary events as Rene Rémond contributes to open the history, while helping with the constitution in France of one History of time present , in particular with creation in 1978 of the Institute of history of time present by François Bédarida and publication of works like three volumes of the Introduction to the history of our time into the collection of pocket Points History Threshold (1974), and that of Our century (1988).

With the number of its other important works the Anticlericalism in France of 1815 to our days counts (1976). He is also the author of two very widespread handbooks in the first university cycles, the Political life in France , published in two volumes in the collection U of Armand Colin (1966-1969), and the Introduction to the history of our time (1974).

In 2005, it publishes a work prolonging the Lines in France and entitled the Lines today , and another work on New Anti-Christianity .

Publications

Work of political history

Line in France of 1815 to our days. Continuity and diversity of a political tradition , Sapwood-Montaigne, Paris, 1954, republications in 1963 ( Line in France of the first Restoration in Ve République ), 1968 and 1982 ( Lines in France )
political religious Forces and attitudes in France since 1945 (direction), Armand Colin, Paris, 1965
Historic atlas of contemporary France (direction), Armand Colin, Paris, 1966
Leon Blum, head of government (direction), Armand Colin, Paris, 1967
Political life in France , volume 1: 1789-1848 , volume 2: 1848-1879 , Armand Colin (“U”), Paris, 1964-1969
the Vichy government and the national Revolution (direction), Armand Colin, Paris, 1972
Introduction to the history of our time , 3 volumes, the Threshold, (“Points History”), Paris, 1974
Edouard Daladier, head of government, Presses of the national Foundation of political sciences, Paris, 1977
France and French in 1938-1939 , Presses of the national Foundation of political sciences, Paris, 1978
Forty years of cabinets ministerial (direction), Presses of the national Foundation of political sciences, Paris, 1982
the Return of de Gaulle , Complex, Paris, 1983
For a political history (direction), the Threshold (“historical Universe”), Paris, 1983
Our century (1918-1988) , with the collaboration of Jean-François Sirinelli, Beech, Paris, updates in 1992,1995 and 2003 ( last Century ), 1988
the sovereign Republic , Beech, 2002
Lines today , Louis Audibert, Paris, 2005

Work on the religious history of France

Lamennais and the democracy , university Presses of France, Paris, 1948
Catholics, Communism and the Crises (1929-1939) , Armand Colin, Paris, 1960
Two ecclesiastical Congresses of Rheims and Bourges (1896-1900) Sirey, Paris, 1964
Anticlericalism in France of 1815 to our days, Beech, Paris, 1976, republications in 1985 and 1999
religious French history (joint management), the Threshold, Paris, 1992
French Catholicism and the political Company , Editions of the Workshop, Paris, 1995
the Jewish File (in collaboration), Plon, Paris, 1996
Crises of Catholicism in France in the Thirties , the Threshold, Paris, 1996
Religion and company in Europe with 19th and 20th centuries. Test on secularization , the Threshold, Paris, 1996
Great Inventions of Christianity , Bayard, Paris, 1999
Christianity in charge , Desclée de Brouwer, Paris, 2000
New Anti-Christianity , Desclée de Brouwer, Paris, 2005

Work on the United States

History of the United States, university Presses of France (“Which do I know?”), Paris, 1959
the United States in front of the French public opinion (1815-1852) , 2 volumes, Armand Colin, Paris, 1962

Reflections over time present

To live our history , discussion with Aime Savard, the Centurion, Paris, 1976
Age and political (in collaboration), Économica, Paris, 1991
Values and political , Beauchesne, Paris, 1992
the policy what it was , Calmann-Levy, Paris, 193
a secularity for all , Textuel, Paris, 1998
the policy is not any more is understandable? , Complex, Paris, 1999
Glance over the century , Presses of Sciences Po, Paris, 2000
Of the Berlin Wall to the turns of New York. Twelve years to change century , (in collaboration with François Azouvi), Bayard, 2002
a French memory , Desclée de Brouwer, 2002
When the State mixes with the History , Stock, Paris, 2006

Personal texts

the Rule and the Assent. To control a company , Beech, Paris, 1979
Contribution to the Tests of ego-history directed by Pierre Nora, Gallimard, Paris, 1987
Paul Touvier and the Church (in collaboration), Beech, Paris, 1992: Inquire asked Rémond into protections whose militiaman Paul Touvier has benefit within the Catholic church of France
Discours of reception to the French Academy , Fayard, Paris, 2000

Distinctions

Elected in 1998 with the first armchair of the French Academy

French and foreign decorations

Large officer of the Legion of honor
Grand Cross of the National order of the Merit (November 14th 2006)
Commander of the academic Palms
Commander of the Arts and Lettres
Commander of the agricultural Merit
Commander about the Merit of the Italian Republic
Commander about the Merit of the Republic of Poland
Medal of the French Recognition

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