Open AccessThe Notion of Persecution: history and relevance today
Author(s) -
Jean-Pierre Cavaillé
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
les dossiers du grihl
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1958-9247
DOI - 10.4000/dossiersgrihl.3893
Subject(s) - persecution , relevance (law) , history , epistemology , philosophy , political science , law , politics
Why it be considered worthwhile to bring jurists and historians together in order to reflect on the notion of persecution? I should like to outline briefly how the project of organising this workshop was born. I initially envisaged preparing an interdisciplinary encounter on my research topic as Fernand Braudel fellow, namely on persecution and clandestinity, where my prime interest was clandestinity, by definition an illegal practice, but which is capable of acquiring a political, ethical an..