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Defining sovereignty

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written by Antoine-Frédéric Bernhard · November 27, 2023 · 0 comment

Sovereignty is very much a part of media and political discourse, but it is rarely defined with any rigor. A recent publication fills this gap.

The word «souverainisme» was born in Quebec in the 1960s, when supporters of self-determination became a major political force. In a recent «Que sais-je?» entitled Le souverainisme (2022), French political scientist Thomas Guénolé describes how this new concept suddenly took hold in the political and media discourse of the time.

Dès 1968, explique-t-il, «le concept de souverainisme est adopté, à la fois par les indépendantistes et les autonomistes, mais aussi par les médias de masse du Québec, pour définir leur projet politique». L’idée est donc de rassembler sous une seule bannière des militants disséminés dans plusieurs mouvements politiques. Il fallait «imaginer, écrit GuénolÃ

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Antoine-Frédéric Bernhard
Antoine-Frédéric Bernhard

A freelance journalist and philosophy student, Antoine-Frédéric Bernhard is deputy editor-in-chief of Regard Libre.