Imperial Ideologies in the Second Empire
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8940264 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christina Carroll (0000-0003-3756-614X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 67-100 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | French Historical Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-1071 • E-ISSN: 1527-5493 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/00161071-7205211 |
| OpenAlex | W2909417137 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 47 |
This article examines Napoléon III's attempt to reimagine the Second Empire during the early 1860s in the face of growing public frustration with France's domestic and foreign politics. It argues that Napoléon III sought to secure the Second Empire's popularity by associating it with the legacy of ancient Rome and the memory of Napoléon I. He also worked to expand the meaning of the empire's identity by defining it not only as a political program within France but also as an expansive, multinational structure. The article shows that this vision of empire came into focus in a series of political conflicts over the Mexican expedition and the ideal organization of Algeria. Its examination of this conversation surrounding empire and its meanings highlights how discourses of European racial superiority over colonial others intersected with arguments about the organization of the French state in nineteenth-century imperial thought. Cet article examine les tentatives de Napoléon III pour réinventer le Second Empire au début des années 1860. Face au mécontentement populaire avec sa politique intérieure et extérieure, l'empereur essaya de renforcer le soutien populaire au Second Empire en l'associant avec l'héritage de Rome antique et la mémoire de Napoléon Ier. Il voulut également élargir la signification de l'Empire en le définissant non seulement comme un programme politique hexagonal mais aussi comme une structure multinationale étendue. Cette vision de l'empire se clarifia à travers une série de débats sur l'invasion du Mexique et l'organisation idéale de l'Algérie. Dans le cadre de la pensée impériale du dix-neuvième siècle, les discours de supériorité raciale des Européens vis-à-vis des sujets coloniaux se croisèrent avec des idées sur l'organisation étatique française
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,27 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2022 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |