La pathologie du pouvoir: vices, crimes et délits des gouvernants: Antiquité, Moyen Âge, époque moderne

ISBN-13: 9789004307797 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 564 str.

Patrick Gilli

Opis

La singularite de la criminalite des gouvernants ou de leurs actes peccamineux reside dans la rarete des condamnations qu'ils ont subies. En examinant sur la longue duree, les formes de denonciation de ces delits des hommes de pouvoir, le livre essaie de comprendre les raisons qui aboutissent a la rupture du consensus et a la remise en cause de l'acceptation sociale des traditions jusqu'alors tolerees (corruption, extorsion, abus en tout genre). Les differentes contributions examinent les conditions de ces condamnations, morales et politiques, et dessinent un tableau nuance de ces pathologies du pouvoir qui loin d'etre invariables dans le temps sont articulees aux paradigmes moraux de chaque societe historique. Les contributeurs sont: Nathalie Barrandon, Anne-Catherine Baudoin, Franck Collard, Kathleen Crowther, Angela De Benedictis, Silvia Di Paolo, Julien Dubouloz, Patrick Gilli, Cedric Giraud, Thomas Granier, Laurent Guitton, Charles Guerin, Corinne Manchio, Nancy McLoughin, Helene Menard, Richard Newhauser, Flocel Sabate, Armand Strubel, Julien Thery et Silvana Vecchio English: What is singular about the criminality of rulers or their sinful acts is how rarely they are convicted. Through a long-term study of the forms of denunciation of crimes committed by those who hold power, this book tries to understand the reasons that lead to breaking the consensus and calling into question the social acceptance of traditions which had hitherto been tolerated (corruption, extortion, different types of abuse). The various contributions investigate the moral and political conditions of these convictions, and give a well-balanced account of these pathologies of power: far from being invariable over time, they are consistent with the moral paradigms of each society in history.