Learning on ScreenDÉmocratie, Democracy (26 Parts)
- Synopsis
- Series exploring aspects of democrary, based on texts by French and American intellectuals.
- Language
- English
- Country
- France
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. VHS (SECAM only). col. 26 x 26 min.
- Year of production
- 1998
- Availability
- Sale; 1999 sale: 90F or 13.72 euros each part
- Subjects
- French studies; Politics & government
Credits
- Director
- Olivier Duhamel; Robert Darnton
- Producer
- Yvon Gérault
Sections
- Title
- Démocratie, notre idéal, La
- Synopsis
- 1 (R Darnton and Olivier Duhamel): From one wall to another; a contemporary struggle; a long history; tragic setbacks; new tyrannies of the 20th century; privilege.
- Title
- Éclosion des lumières, L’
- Synopsis
- 2 (R Darnton and B Baczko): Conquest of nature; science and progress; the intellectual; power: writing, the press, public opinion; enlightnment and democracy.
- Title
- Deux Révolutions
- Synopsis
- 3 (B Bailyn and P Higgonnet): Paradoxes and features of the American revolution; the three stages; the incomplete revolution; American and French continuations; 1776 and 1789 leading to what future?
- Title
- Cycles du XIXe siècle, Les
- Synopsis
- 4 (S Wilentz and R Rémond): Decline of the old order; democratic rebellion; politicians and parties; slavery and civil war; two roads to democracy in Europe; democratic and liberal ideas; introduction of universal suffrage in France.
- Title
- Face au totalitarisme
- Synopsis
- 5 (M Malia and L Ferry): The inter-war years and the totalitarian turning point; the end of totalitarianism; Nazism and Stalinism - the same concept?
- Title
- Anciens, Les
- Synopsis
- 6 (J Pocock and F Hartog): Models; towards the Republic; electoral democracy; which people?; justice replaces vengeance.
- Title
- Modernes, Les
- Synopsis
- 7 (G S Wood and E Pisier): The founding fathers; the English constitution; sovereignty of the people; written constitutions, Montesquieu and Rousseau.
- Title
- Démocratie libérale ou sociale
- Synopsis
- 8 (A Ruan and J-N Jeanneney): Social and political democracy; Parliament; outdated radicalism; John Stuart Mill; end of the 19th century.
- Title
- Repenser la démocratie
- Synopsis
- 9 (R Rorty and P Bouretz): Need for democratic utopia; overpopulation, a danger for democracy; towards the universal rights of man; going beyond western conceptions.
- Title
- Droits fondamentaux
- Synopsis
- 10 (R Dworkin and M Delmas-Marty): Democracy and constitutionalism; law no longer has all the rights; inventory of basic rights; decline of the right or democratic revival?
- Title
- Élections et partis
- Synopsis
- 11 (G Sartori and O Duhamel): Factions, precursors to the political parties; usefulness of political parties; danger of a society without political parties; voting is electing.
- Title
- Démocratie directe, La
- Synopsis
- 12 (J Ober and J-F Aubert): Original meaning of the word democracy; the Athenien revolution; the institutions; Demosthenes; critics and posterity; direct democracy, representative democracy; the Swiss example.
- Title
- Régimes constitutionnels, Les
- Synopsis
- 13 (J Brademas and P Ardant): The experience of an American congressman; television and pressure groups; separation of powers; presidential and parliamentary systems.
- Title
- Législation, La
- Synopsis
- 14 (J Waldron and G Carcassonne): Our rules; legislature; debate; law; reality; interests; competence and legislation; nature, function and shortcomings of the law.
- Title
- Justice, La
- Synopsis
- 15 (S Katz and P Pasaquino): The western origins of the concept of justice; English uniqueness; justice, revolution and constitutionism in America; the constitional Council of the Fifth Republic.
- Title
- Au-dessus et en dessous de l’État
- Synopsis
- 16: Democracy and the nation state; monetary flow; commercial activity; democracy and commerce; democracy does not equate with Parliament; European debate.
- Title
- Fraternité versus racisme
- Synopsis
- 17 (R Kennedy and M L?wi): Racism; sociological data; a tradition of equal rights; the revolutionary fraternity of 1789; the racist threat to democracy in Europe.
- Title
- Civisme versus corruption
- Synopsis
- 18 (D Gambetta and A Etchegoyen): What is corruption?; How can it be measured?; What causes it?; What are its consequences?; How to combat it?
- Title
- Média, Les
- Synopsis
- 19 (E Katz and R Cayrol): The press and the building of a nation; liberal theory - media serving democracy; technological theory - media undermine democracy; the new media.
- Title
- Pouvoir et les femmes, Le
- Synopsis
- 20 (C Stansell and E Varikas): Women as victims of patriarchal society; women's rights - a demand from 1792; meeting in 1848 in New York State; women's claims become international.
- Title
- Démocratie dans le travail, La
- Synopsis
- 21 (J K Galbraith and A Lyon-Caen): Feudalism ignores democracy; the Industrial Revolution and democracy; the present situation; democracy cannot co-exist with dominant poverty.
- Title
- Crise de la démocratie sociale, La
- Synopsis
- 22 (D P Moynihan and D Cohen): The example of medicl services; the family in crisis; the century of the welfare state; work in crisis.
- Title
- Nationalismes, intégrismes
- Synopsis
- 23 (S Bakhash and R Leveau): Defiance; Islam and the desire for change; Islam - a response to frusrations; the risk of radicalisation.
- Title
- Démocratie et développement
- Synopsis
- 24 (A Sen and J Leca): Apparent divisions and cultural contrasts; the false contrast between western traditions and Asian values; variations in Islamic civilisations; development with or against the rights of man; sustainable development.
- Title
- Organiser le monde
- Synopsis
- 25 (S Hoffman and M Touraine): The human factor; the problem of the rights of man; economic organisation of the world; sovereignty, responsibility, solidarity; first signs of organisation.
- Title
- Construire la démocratie
- Synopsis
- 26: General reflections on the future of democracy by Robert Danton and Olivier Duhammel.
Production Company
- Name
Vidéa Films
Sponsor
- Name
Bibliothèque Nationale de France
- Web
- http://www.bnf.fr External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 33 (0) 53 7955 00
- Address
- Quai François Mauriac
75706
Paris 13
France
- Name
Institut National de l’Audiovisuel, L’
- Phone
- 01 43 54 7084
- Address
- Libraire Tekhne
7 Rue des Carmes
Paris
75005
France
Distributor
- Name
Educagri éditions
- ed.cnerta@educagri.fr
- Phone
- +33 3 80 77 26 32
- Fax
- +33 3 80 77 26 34
- Address
- 26 Bd Docteur Petitjean - BP 1607
21036 DIJON Cedex
France
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