Open AccessThe Ideological Legacy of Charles de Gaulle. II. National Paradigm. Part 1. An Understanding of National Realitie
Author(s) -
Ekaterirochnitskaya
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
perspektivy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2411-3417
DOI - 10.32726/2411-3417-2021-2-3-7-24
Subject(s) - greatness , ideology , patriotism , politics , national identity , national identities , dimension (graph theory) , independence (probability theory) , political science , sociology , history , environmental ethics , philosophy , epistemology , law , literature , art , statistics , mathematics , pure mathematics
The national credo of Ch. de Gaulle went fаr beyond patriotism, a romantically providential image of France, the principles of French independence and “greatness”. The «last great Frenchman» had his own in-depth understanding of national dimension in history, which in his typical way synthesized existing concepts and doctrines, while rejecting extremes, reductionism and absolutization. Being a doer of history and not a desk theorist, the founder of the Fifth Republic did not seek to formalize his reflections in abstract terms. Yet, his systemic approach to the national dimension within his political philosophy contains a substantial theoretical message. The author explores key elements of de Gaulle's national idea, his views on the French nation’s genesis, identity and evolution, on political and cultural role of nationhood, on prospects for nation states and other.