Ensemblance : the transnational genealogy of esprit de corps / Luis de Miranda.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miranda, Luis de, 1971- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Combat--Social aspects--Cross-cultural studies.

Combat.

Loyalty--Political aspects--Cross-cultural studies.

Loyalty.

Loyalty--Social aspects--Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 290 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2020.

Summary:

Through several historical case studies from the last 300 years, Luis de Miranda shows how the phrase 'esprit de corps' acts as a combat concept with a clear societal impact. He also reveals how interconnected, yet distinct, French, English and American modern intellectual and political thought is.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Esprit de Corps: A Timeline

Introduction: A Thousand Platoons – The Enduring Importance of Esprit de Corps

1 Musketeers and Jesuits: The French Birth of Esprit de Corps in the Eighteenth Century

2 ‘Adunation’ of the Nation: Towards a Republican Esprit de Corps

3 ‘We Must Hang Together’: The English Appropriation of Esprit de Corps in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

4 The Way of Napoleon: The Uniformisation of Esprit de Corps in Early Nineteenth-Century France

5 Collective Temperament: Esprit de Corps as Sociality and Individuation in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century

6 The Mystique of Esprit de Corps in France in the Twentieth Century

7 The Way of Hilton: Esprit de Corps in the UK and the USA in the Twentieth Century

Conclusion: Ensemblance

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Oct 2020).

ISBN:

1-4744-8086-1

1-4744-5422-4

OCLC:

1306539961