L'intellectuel, provisoirement, légitime: François Mauriac et le discours religieux du politique

Authors

  • Helenice Rodrigues da Silva CNRS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9141.v0i137p65-74

Keywords:

commitment, habitus, intellectual field, anticolonialism, gaullism

Abstract

François Mauriac's position and "disposition" ("habitus") in the French intellectual field does not predispose him to be designated as a "legitimate" intellectual (committed and on the left). However, his trajectory in the 50's, as a journalist working in L'Express bears witness to his new political positions, much more in harmony with the dominant cultural model. If, during the last years of the Fourth Republic, Mauriac takes political actions in order to stand up for the oppressed people from North Africa, and above all, morally commits himself to the fight gainst torture, this committed Christian conscience nonetheless withdraws from the political fight from the start of the Fifth Republic. It can be attributed to his complete support of General de Gaulle.

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Published

1997-12-30

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How to Cite

SILVA, Helenice Rodrigues da. L’intellectuel, provisoirement, légitime: François Mauriac et le discours religieux du politique . Revista de História, São Paulo, n. 137, p. 65–74, 1997. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2316-9141.v0i137p65-74. Disponível em: https://periodicos.usp.br/revhistoria/article/view/18827.. Acesso em: 30 jun. 2024.