Youth, eternal value ? A safe bet, in any case, when it comes to promoting change, or revolution – even if conservative. Contemporary value too, whose visibility has particularly increased since the Second World War. Ludivine Bantigny, historian, looks back on the many uses of this very non-sociological, but very political notion.
Lecturer at the University of Rouen and historian of contemporary France, Ludivine Bantigny is notably the author of The most beautiful age ? Young people and youth in France from the dawn of the Trente Glorieuses to the Algerian War (Paris, Fayard, 2007) ; Youth obliges. History of young people in France(Paris, PUF2009, co-directed with Ivan Jablonka) ; And Inherit in politics. Lineages, generations and political transmissions (Paris, PUF2011, in co-direction with Arnaud Baubérot).
Co-head of the research center “ History of social groups and identity construction » at the Sciences Po History Center, she is a member of the editorial boards of journals Twentieth Century. History review And History@Politics. Politics, culture, society.
Shooting and editing: A. Suhamy