La Pathologie Du Pouvoir

La singularit de la criminalit des gouvernants ou de leurs actes peccamineux r side dans la raret des condamnations qu'ils ont subies. En examinant sur la longue dur e, les formes de d nonciation de ces d lits des hommes de pouvoir, le livre essaie de comprendre les raisons qui aboutissent la rupture du consensus et la remise en cause de l'acceptation sociale des traditions jusqu'alors tol r es (corruption, extorsion, abus en tout genre). Les diff rentes contributions examinent les conditions de ces condamnations, morales et politiques, et dessinent un tableau nuanc de ces pathologies du pouvoir qui loin d' tre invariables dans le temps sont articul es aux paradigmes moraux de chaque soci t historique.

Les contributeurs sont: Nathalie Barrandon, Anne-Catherine Baudoin, Franck Collard, Kathleen Crowther, Angela De Benedictis, Silvia Di Paolo, Julien Dubouloz, Patrick Gilli, Cedric Giraud, Thomas Granier, Laurent Guitton, Charles Guerin, Corinne Manchio, Nancy McLoughin, H l ne M nard, Richard Newhauser, Flocel Sabat , Armand Strubel, Julien Th ry et Silvana Vecchio



English: What is singular about the criminality of rulers or their sinful acts is how rarely they are convicted. Through a long-term study of the forms of denunciation of crimes committed by those who hold power, this book tries to understand the reasons that lead to breaking the consensus and calling into question the social acceptance of traditions which had hitherto been tolerated (corruption, extortion, different types of abuse). The various contributions investigate the moral and political conditions of these convictions, and give a well-balanced account of these pathologies of power: far from being invariable over time, they are consistent with the moral paradigms of each society in history.