Alain Messaoudi Les arabisants et la France coloniale Savants, conseillers, médiateurs (1780-1930) Sociétés, Espaces, Temps ENS Éditions À partir d'une enquête sur les carrières, la production savante et l'action politique de ceux qui ont utilisé professionnellement leur connaissance de la langue arabe, — savants orientalistes, interprètes militaires et civils, professeurs, employés de...

The orientalism of french Arabists is a highly controversial point because of their involvment in colonial expansionism; it has for this reason not been an historical scope of investigation yet. Through an analysis of their careers, their publications and intellectual positions, this book presents the political and scholarly issues of their action, in the cultural context of a large 19th century. The rediscovery of forgotten authors will foster interest for their works, which have taken part... suite

Damiano Matasci L'école républicaine et l'étranger Une histoire internationale des réformes scolaires en France, 1870-1914 Sociétés, Espaces, Temps ENS Éditions En intégrant les acquis les plus récents de l'historiographie, cet ouvrage propose de repenser l'histoire de l'école républicaine en examinant la relation que l'école française – et plus généralement le processus de « nationalisation » du système...

By taking into account the most recent historiographical debates, this book rethinks the history of the republican school by examining the relationship that the French school – and more generally the process of «nationalization» of the school system – maintained with on-going experiences in the Western countries. Focusing on the period from 1870 until 1914, it examines the wide range of exchanges, circulations and borrowings across national borders, which accompanied the setting up of modern... suite