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12 septembre 2018
- handle: 10670/1.tdndeq
- isbn: 9782878545036
- eisbn: 9782878548709
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conservatisme États-Unis progrès mythe national imaginaire historique History Cultural studies HIS036000 HBJKSujets proches
Frontier troubles Cultural studies Cultural studies Folk beliefs Traditions Sermonettes Christian sermons Homilies Rites of passage Traditions Religious ceremonies Cultus Cult Religious rites Ecclesiastical rites and ceremonies Ceremonies Regression, Past-lives Past-lives regression Rebirth Popular arts Pop culture Culture, Popular Mass culture Political thought Government Political theory Civil government Commonwealth, The Science, Political Administration Politics Usages Customs, Social Traditions Social customs Folkways Social life and customs Ceremonies Urban legends Folk tales Traditions Mental imagery Mental images Imagery, Mental Images, Mental Annals Folk beliefs Folk-lore Traditions Cultural sociology Culture--Social aspects Sociology of culture Americas New World Addresses, sermons, etc Addresses, sermons, etc 1820s 20s (Nineteenth century decade) Twenties (Nineteenth century decade) politique théorieCiter ce document
Richard Hutson, « Renaissances américaines : de la jérémiade au western », Presses Sorbonne Nouvelle, ID : 10670/1.tdndeq
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Tocqueville, observing the U.S. in the late 1820s, noted that America had a revolutionary culture, but also that it had really not had a revolution. It is possible that the Puritan traditions of Jeremiad sermons, as well as the secularized version of the idea of rebirth popularized by Frederick Jackson Turner, have had more to do with the idea of revolution in the U.S. than political theory. By looking at a few instances of popular culture – and notably William S. Hart’s 1916 western film Hell’s Hinges – I wish to note that the apocalyptic imagination in the U.S. is always readily available as a way of clearing the slate of the past and starting over from scratch.