The disarmament of hatred : Marc Sangnier, French Catholicism and the legacy of the First World War, 1914-45 / Gearóid Barry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barry, Gearóid, 1977-

Contributor:

Dorothy Mann Yeakel & Paul Herbert Yeakel Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sangnier, Marc, 1873-1950.

Sangnier, Marc.

Sangnier, Marc, 1873-1950--Political and social views.

Catholic Church.

Politicians--France--Biography.

Politicians.

Christian democracy.

History.

Pacifists.

Political and social views.

France.

Catholics--France--Biography.

Catholics.

Pacifists--France--Biography.

World War, 1914-1918--Influence.

World War, 1914-1918.

World War, 1914-1918--Peace.

Peace.

Catholic Church--France--History--20th century.

Christian democracy--France--History--20th century.

France--Politics and government--1914-1940.

Politics and government.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 volume : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Summary:

The Ruhr invasion of 1923 prolonged the antagonism of the First World War between France and Germany. Challenging this rhetoric of enmity from 1921, French veteran and Catholic politician Marc Sangnier angered many be inviting the 'enemy' to Paris. Through his audacious Peace Congresses, Sangnier placed himself at the centre of a broader European civic campaign for moral disarmament or the 'disarmament of hatred'. The European détente after 1924 lent currency to such staged reconciliation and crossing of borders. Mining a variety of sources, both known and new, Gearóid Barry documents the Peace Congresses' surprising resonance and political ecumenism (embracing Quakers, secularists, socialists and the pope) while reconfiguring the transnational, histories of youth movements, women's peace activism and Christian Democracy. Pledged to reject 'war culture', these peace activists shared excruciating new choices between peace and appeasement in the 1930s. This story casts new light on key questions in European history in the era of two world wars. Book jacket.

Contents:

Marc Sangnier's war, 1914-1919

Demobilization and politics, 1919-1921

"The traitor in Berlin" : Paris, Germany and Austria, 1921-22

From pragmatist to dove : Freiburg-im-Breisgau, 1923

Pacem in terris : politics, theology and cultural demobilization, 1924-25

Bierville and the Liturgy of Peace, 1926

Crusade of Youth, 1927-32

Sangnier and the pacifist conundrum, 1932-45

Conclusion

Appendix A: International Democratic Peace Congresses, 1921-32.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Dorothy Mann Yeakel & Paul Herbert Yeakel Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

0230218253

OCLC:

766300361

Publisher Number:

99948327159