Legacy of the Enlightenment

The Use of European History and Culture in the Interwar Years by the Ligue des droits de l'homme and Grande Loge de France

Bibliographic Data

ID9880903
AuthorsWolfgang Schmale (0000-0001-8772-341X, University of Vienna, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume104
Issue361
Pages459-472
Publication date2019-07-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHistory (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0018-2648 • E-ISSN: 1468-229X
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1468-229x.12817
OpenAlexW2929443423
LanguageEN
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What kinds of historical knowledge and historical consciousness have an impact on society? How can we study this question with regard to former periods like the interwar period in the twentieth century? Civil society organizations such as human rights leagues and masonic associations had a broad membership base, organized well‐structured internal communication processes, and, above all, produced their own documents, providing broader insights into historical knowledge and historical awareness. These organizations were part of a historic struggle – for freedom, political rights, human rights, women's rights, anti‐discrimination, democracy and the like. There was much reason to reflect on history and to articulate historical consciousness. The example of French Human Rights League and Masonic Grande Loge de France shows the ongoing importance of the Enlightenment for the formation of historical knowledge of Europe and the world, and for the philosophical and idealistic conception of history

Civil society · Consciousness · Democracy · Economic history · Enlightenment · Human rights · Humanities · League · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Theology · World history · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · French Historical and Cultural Studies · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law · Philosophy

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