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doi:10.1111/j.1749-5687.2011.00120.x

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BUCAILLE, Lætitia
Centre Émile Durkheim [CED]

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International Political Sociology. 2011-03, vol. 5, n° 1, p. 52-67

Wiley

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This paper is intended to compare the subjective experiences of two sets of veterans, one having taken part in the ANC's struggle against apartheid (1980-1990) and the other having joined the Fatah uprisings of 1987 against Israel. The apartheid system has been entirely dismantled and the ANC now governs South Africa. The Palestinians, by contrast, remain under Israeli control, and the Palestinian Liberation Organisation has failed to create an independent Palestinian state. And yet, surprisingly, ANC activists tend to see themselves as victims, while those of Fatah usually see themselves as heroes. I shall offer the hypothesis that the heroization or victimization of self is drawn from a collective political imagination and is related to the construction of self-esteem.< Réduire

Mots clés

politique

pouvoir

action publique

organisation

territoire

Palestine

Afrique du Sud

résistance armée

Mots clés en anglais

South Africa

armed resistance

self-esteem