Social sciences in the face of war violence

The social sciences have long hid or repressed the “ warrior Even though the great historians and sociologists of the in-between wars were also, for many of them, heroes of the Great War. This strange silence is explained by a fierce will to oppose civilization to the conflict. But for Stéphane Audoin-Rouzeau, culture of war is not an outside of culture. Video interview.

Director of studies at theEhessStéphane Audoin-Rouzeau is the author of numerous works devoted to the Great War and more generally to the anthropology of the warrior phenomenon in contemporary times.

He is a member of the Scientific Council of The life of ideas.

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Social sciences in the face of war violence
Interview with S. Audoin-Rouzeau

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Social sciences in the face of war violence
Interview with S. Audoin-Rouzeau

(27.1 MB – 30 minutes)