帝国的闹剧?

Q2 Arts and Humanities

French Politics, Culture & Society Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI:10.3167/fpcs.2021.390307

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本文通过对短暂的中非帝国的仔细研究，探讨了“帝国”这一历史概念在现代的挪用和翻译，这个帝国是由浮夸的让-贝德尔·博卡萨皇帝想象和实现的。奇怪的是，在一个曾经被殖民的非洲法语国家日益寻求拒绝法国遗产的时代，博卡萨却把他的帝国描绘成拿破仑·波拿巴帝国的现代必然产物。本文借鉴了法国和美国外交档案的原始研究，认为我们可以将帝国理解为制造魅力的失败尝试，在演变成恐怖之前接近闹剧。

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Imperial Farce?

This article explores the appropriation and translation of historical notions of “empire” into the modern era through close examination of the short-lived Central African Empire, imagined and brought to life by the flamboyant Emperor Jean-Bedel Bokassa. Curiously, in an era in which the formerly colonized francophone African nations were increasingly seeking to signal rejection of their French heritage, Bokassa presented his empire as a modern corollary to the empire of Napoleon Bonaparte. This article draws on original research in French and US diplomatic archives to argue that we can understand the empire as a failed attempt to manufacture charisma, approaching farce before devolving into horror.

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期刊介绍： French Politics, Culture & Society explores modern and contemporary France from the perspectives of the social sciences, history, and cultural analysis. It also examines France''s relationship to the larger world, especially Europe, the United States, and the former French Empire. The editors also welcome pieces on recent debates and events, as well as articles that explore the connections between French society and cultural expression of all sorts (such as art, film, literature, and popular culture). Issues devoted to a single theme appear from time to time. With refereed research articles, timely essays, and reviews of books in many disciplines, French Politics, Culture & Society provides a forum for learned opinion and the latest scholarship on France.