Irène Herrmann
Biographic Data
| ID | 1341542 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Irène Herrmann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Irène |
| FAMILY NAME | Herrmann |
| SIGNATURE | HERRMANN I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Geneva |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6046-2392 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Que faire ? Le Cicr face au blocage des relations humanitaires avec l’URSS (1939-1945)
Comment venir porter secours aux prisonniers de guerre contre la volonté des États ? Cette question s’est posée avec acuité au Comité international de la Croix-Rouge pendant le second conflit mondial, alors qu’il peine à (r)établir un contact durable avec l’Union soviétique. Car, contrairement à ce qu’aurait pu faire penser sa réputation (parfaitement justifiée) d’anticommunisme, le CICR tente tout, ou presque, pour renouer et maintenir des liens…
Importable or exceptional? Swiss direct-democratic instruments in the French and German Parliaments, 2000–19
International audience
Introduction — Ruptures in revolution
On February 26 2011, during the so-called Jasmine Revolution, a Tunisian newspaper stated: “A revolution is, by definition, a rupture with the past”. This interpretation is not new and tellingly confirms what dictionaries and encyclopedias suggest. Revolutions are always defined as radical changes and thus indeed evoke the idea of a rupture with the past, of a break in continuity. This seemingly obvious interconnectedness might be the reason why …
Woe of Tale? The emergence, vicissitudes and (over-) efficiency of the Swiss narrative of democracy
The Swiss narrative of democracy is a well-known and well-studied topic. Not only is it still used by current—mostly populist and xenophobic—political actors, but it has been explored by at least two generations of historians who have tracked its development before the French Revolution and, to a lesser extent, during the 19th century, a period during which Swiss democracy was undergoing dramatic changes. This literature shows that this narrative…
Reflections of a musical friendship
L'humanitaire en questions
L'humanitaire est sans doute l'une des actions et des valeurs les plus prisées de notre temps. Pour être extrêmement puissant, cet engouement n'en est pas moins récent. Or, ces deux caractéristiques interrogent. Alors même que la compassion pour son prochain est prônée par la plupart des religions, pourquoi a-t-il fallu attendre la seconde moitié du xxe siècle avant que cette aide institutionnalisée aux victimes soit ainsi mise sur un piédestal ?…
The European Conceptual History Project (ECHP)
After a complex integration process which has taken more than half a century, most Europeans—and non-Europeans—no longer identify Europe with simply an economic common market; yet the final political status of the European Union is still an open question. In general, Europe is usually regarded as the birthplace of a set of values claiming universal validity and serving as the basic political reference for citizens and institutions throughout the …
Between Amazons and Sabines
Today, war is still perceived as being the prerogative of men only. Women are generally excluded from the debate on belligerence, except as passive victims of the brutality inflicted on them by their masculine contemporaries. Yet history shows that through the ages, women have also played a role in armed hostilities, and have sometimes even been the main protagonists. In the present article, the long history and the multiple facets of women's inv…
From polemical topics to magnetic concepts
Humanitarianism and anti-Semitism are explored here, as representing two special kinds of ‘Kampfbegriffe’ that I propose to call magnetic concepts, since they are not only difficult to retort in the political field but also exert strong forces on society as a whole. The first concept constitutes an example of ‘positive magnetic concepts’, as it is irresistibly attractive whereas the second one may be considered a negative magnetic concept, as it …
Le Comité international de la Croix-Rouge (Cicr) et les camps de concentration nazis, 1933-1939
Durant les années 1930, le Comité international de la Croix-Rouge (CICR) effectua par deux fois des visites dans des camps de concentration allemands. A posteriori , ces initiatives du CICR ont souvent été considérées comme une sorte de victoire remportée par une organisation internationale humanitaire sur le régime national-socialiste et sur son système d’oppression barbare. C’est du moins en ce sens que l’historiographie institutionnelle relate…
A haunting figure
Despite the recurrence of hostage-taking through the ages, the subject of hostages themselves has thus far received little analysis. Classically, there are two distinct types of hostages: voluntary hostages, as was common practice during the Ancien Régime of pre-Revolution France, when high-ranking individuals handed themselves over to benevolent jailers as guarantors for the proper execution of treaties; and involuntary hostages, whose seizure i…
Dire ou ne pas dire ? L’histoire et la gestion des conflits à l’exemple de la guerre civile Suisse de 1847
Cet article analyse la gestion mémorielle de la guerre civile du Sonderbund qui, en 1847, constitua le creuset de la Suisse contemporaine. Il montre que la « cicatrisation nationale » subséquente se fit notamment à la faveur d’une certaine occultation de ce conflit comme d’une (sur)valorisation croissante de l’histoire mythique des origines du pays. La cohésion helvétique se reconstruisit donc grâce à une version partiale du passé, à laquelle les…
Les nouveaux conflits
Parler de soi sous Staline
Contrairement à ce que l'on pense généralement, la société soviétique des années trente n'a pas retenti que de paroles officielles. De fait, elle a accordé une large place au discours individuel et, plus encore, au discours de soi. Pour encourager cette pratique, elle en a réinventé les formes et aménagé les lieux d'expression : du journal intime à l'autocritique publique, en passant par l'autorapport, l'autobiographie de parti ou encore le journ…
Bowles, Paul
Between Amazons and Sabines
Today, war is still perceived as being the prerogative of men only. Women are generally excluded from the debate on belligerence, except as passive victims of the brutality inflicted on them by their masculine contemporaries. Yet history shows that through the ages, women have also played a role in armed hostilities, and have sometimes even been the main protagonists. In the present article, the long history and the multiple facets of women's inv…
From polemical topics to magnetic concepts
Humanitarianism and anti-Semitism are explored here, as representing two special kinds of ‘Kampfbegriffe’ that I propose to call magnetic concepts, since they are not only difficult to retort in the political field but also exert strong forces on society as a whole. The first concept constitutes an example of ‘positive magnetic concepts’, as it is irresistibly attractive whereas the second one may be considered a negative magnetic concept, as it …
Bowles, Paul
Parler de soi sous Staline
Contrairement à ce que l'on pense généralement, la société soviétique des années trente n'a pas retenti que de paroles officielles. De fait, elle a accordé une large place au discours individuel et, plus encore, au discours de soi. Pour encourager cette pratique, elle en a réinventé les formes et aménagé les lieux d'expression : du journal intime à l'autocritique publique, en passant par l'autorapport, l'autobiographie de parti ou encore le journ…
Les nouveaux conflits
Dire ou ne pas dire ? L’histoire et la gestion des conflits à l’exemple de la guerre civile Suisse de 1847
Cet article analyse la gestion mémorielle de la guerre civile du Sonderbund qui, en 1847, constitua le creuset de la Suisse contemporaine. Il montre que la « cicatrisation nationale » subséquente se fit notamment à la faveur d’une certaine occultation de ce conflit comme d’une (sur)valorisation croissante de l’histoire mythique des origines du pays. La cohésion helvétique se reconstruisit donc grâce à une version partiale du passé, à laquelle les…
A haunting figure
Despite the recurrence of hostage-taking through the ages, the subject of hostages themselves has thus far received little analysis. Classically, there are two distinct types of hostages: voluntary hostages, as was common practice during the Ancien Régime of pre-Revolution France, when high-ranking individuals handed themselves over to benevolent jailers as guarantors for the proper execution of treaties; and involuntary hostages, whose seizure i…
Le Comité international de la Croix-Rouge (Cicr) et les camps de concentration nazis, 1933-1939
Durant les années 1930, le Comité international de la Croix-Rouge (CICR) effectua par deux fois des visites dans des camps de concentration allemands. A posteriori , ces initiatives du CICR ont souvent été considérées comme une sorte de victoire remportée par une organisation internationale humanitaire sur le régime national-socialiste et sur son système d’oppression barbare. C’est du moins en ce sens que l’historiographie institutionnelle relate…
Between Amazons and Sabines
Today, war is still perceived as being the prerogative of men only. Women are generally excluded from the debate on belligerence, except as passive victims of the brutality inflicted on them by their masculine contemporaries. Yet history shows that through the ages, women have also played a role in armed hostilities, and have sometimes even been the main protagonists. In the present article, the long history and the multiple facets of women's inv…
From polemical topics to magnetic concepts
Humanitarianism and anti-Semitism are explored here, as representing two special kinds of ‘Kampfbegriffe’ that I propose to call magnetic concepts, since they are not only difficult to retort in the political field but also exert strong forces on society as a whole. The first concept constitutes an example of ‘positive magnetic concepts’, as it is irresistibly attractive whereas the second one may be considered a negative magnetic concept, as it …
The European Conceptual History Project (ECHP)
After a complex integration process which has taken more than half a century, most Europeans—and non-Europeans—no longer identify Europe with simply an economic common market; yet the final political status of the European Union is still an open question. In general, Europe is usually regarded as the birthplace of a set of values claiming universal validity and serving as the basic political reference for citizens and institutions throughout the …
L'humanitaire en questions
L'humanitaire est sans doute l'une des actions et des valeurs les plus prisées de notre temps. Pour être extrêmement puissant, cet engouement n'en est pas moins récent. Or, ces deux caractéristiques interrogent. Alors même que la compassion pour son prochain est prônée par la plupart des religions, pourquoi a-t-il fallu attendre la seconde moitié du xxe siècle avant que cette aide institutionnalisée aux victimes soit ainsi mise sur un piédestal ?…
Reflections of a musical friendship
Woe of Tale? The emergence, vicissitudes and (over-) efficiency of the Swiss narrative of democracy
The Swiss narrative of democracy is a well-known and well-studied topic. Not only is it still used by current—mostly populist and xenophobic—political actors, but it has been explored by at least two generations of historians who have tracked its development before the French Revolution and, to a lesser extent, during the 19th century, a period during which Swiss democracy was undergoing dramatic changes. This literature shows that this narrative…
Introduction — Ruptures in revolution
On February 26 2011, during the so-called Jasmine Revolution, a Tunisian newspaper stated: “A revolution is, by definition, a rupture with the past”. This interpretation is not new and tellingly confirms what dictionaries and encyclopedias suggest. Revolutions are always defined as radical changes and thus indeed evoke the idea of a rupture with the past, of a break in continuity. This seemingly obvious interconnectedness might be the reason why …
Que faire ? Le Cicr face au blocage des relations humanitaires avec l’URSS (1939-1945)
Comment venir porter secours aux prisonniers de guerre contre la volonté des États ? Cette question s’est posée avec acuité au Comité international de la Croix-Rouge pendant le second conflit mondial, alors qu’il peine à (r)établir un contact durable avec l’Union soviétique. Car, contrairement à ce qu’aurait pu faire penser sa réputation (parfaitement justifiée) d’anticommunisme, le CICR tente tout, ou presque, pour renouer et maintenir des liens…
Importable or exceptional? Swiss direct-democratic instruments in the French and German Parliaments, 2000–19
International audience
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