From Macro‐Nationalism to Anti‐Imperialism: Pan‐Latinism in France in the Late Twentieth Century

Abstract

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Anti-Latin race-based nationalism in early twentieth-century France: An examination of Robert Pelletier’s pan-Celtic and Slavophile journals

“…Despite their shared international fate, both pan-Celticism and pan-Latinism succeeded in leaving traces in French culture and society. Indeed, pan-Latin ideology remained present in France as late as the beginning of the twenty-first century, albeit taking a new form: resistance to Anglo-Saxon-oriented globalization (Giladi, 2018). Similarly, Celticism has resurged in various moments and contexts of modern and contemporary France, from the Vichy regime’s propaganda glorifying the ancient Gauls (Pomian, 1992: 43–6, 91) to Nicolas Sarkozy’s use of the slogan ‘nos ancêtres les Gaulois’ during his campaign to lead the right-wing Les Républicains in the 2016 primaries (Macé-Scaron, 2016).…”

Fantasías de la <em>Roma aeterna</em>. Tratamientos heterocrónicos de la herencia latina en dos narraciones romanches entre la celebración nacionalista y su deconstrucción

“…Sin embargo, la práctica política dificultó y acabó por impedir que aquel pannacionalismo impulsara una unificación de unas naciones generalmente celosas de su identidad e intereses propios, también frente a sus supuestas hermanas de lengua y origen. Los nacionalismos, a menudo promovidos desde arriba, triunfaron sobre los pannacionalismos, que obedecían en realidad a unas tendencias federalizantes opuestas en el fondo al Estado-nación (Giladi 2018), de manera que, aparte de algunos intelectuales idealistas, los pannacionalistas no contaron con apoyos más que en los casos en que podían servir a los intereses geopolíticos circunstanciales de alguna de las grandes potencias de cada familia lingüística, por ejemplo, Francia en el caso panlatino (Giladi 2014). Por otra parte, el fracaso político del pannacionalismo etnolingüístico no debe impedir reconocer su influencia en la cultura y, en primer lugar, en la literatura.…”

French Neocolonialism in Africa: Historical Overview and Summary of Current Events

“…As a matter of course, since being granted flag independence in the early 1960s, the majority of former French colonies have maintained French as a primary or official language, with direct and indirect benefits to France, including, but not limited to: 1) the perpetuation of a glorified, utopian image of France, 2) cultural dependence of former colonies on France via consumption of French media and literature and adherence to a world viewed through a French lens, and 3) the establishment and maintenance of francophile political, economic, and administrative systems (Bouamama 2018; Migge and Léglise 2008; Salhi 2022; Spolsky 2018). La francophonie thereby ensures the preservation of France's colonial treaties, institutional networks, and mechanisms with all that entails: paternalism, authoritarianism, corruption, and clientelism (Giladi 2018; Timms 2020). It also translates into considerable global influence for France as Macron vies for establishing French leadership in Europe and seeks to curtail the spread of English, the primary language of an increasingly globalized and “Americanized” world (Giladi 2018; Timms 2020).…”

“…La francophonie thereby ensures the preservation of France's colonial treaties, institutional networks, and mechanisms with all that entails: paternalism, authoritarianism, corruption, and clientelism (Giladi 2018; Timms 2020). It also translates into considerable global influence for France as Macron vies for establishing French leadership in Europe and seeks to curtail the spread of English, the primary language of an increasingly globalized and “Americanized” world (Giladi 2018; Timms 2020).…”