Le regret d’avoir déserté : une posture du soldat au XVIIIe siècle (France)

Regretting desertion : an attitude for the soldier in the XVIIIth century (France) In order to fight desertion, the French army, from 1775, grants a couple of « days for regret ». During this period, the soldier is entitled to voluntarily come back to his regiment without being punished as a deserte...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:eee2b02e526842c9b6e378b3903613962021-12-02T10:28:19ZLe regret d’avoir déserté : une posture du soldat au XVIIIe siècle (France)1626-025210.4000/nuevomundo.2008https://doaj.org/article/eee2b02e526842c9b6e378b3903613962006-03-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/2008https://doaj.org/toc/1626-0252Regretting desertion : an attitude for the soldier in the XVIIIth century (France) In order to fight desertion, the French army, from 1775, grants a couple of « days for regret ». During this period, the soldier is entitled to voluntarily come back to his regiment without being punished as a deserter. To take advantage of this opportunity, deserters can surrender to the police, but they have also the possibility to express this state of mind after they failed to escape, or even only after they have been arrested, at the time of cross-examination. If many try to benefit from this system, it helps establish a connivance with the authority. Hence, the reasons for deserting put forward are said to be linked to some kind of personal disorder : drunkness, blunder, or ‘imagination’. The violence or the injustice of the military institution, so often denounced by other deserters, are not incriminated. In the framework of the psychologization of desertion, a new relationship based on consent is established between the individual and the institution.  Naoko SeriuCentre de Recherches sur les Mondes AméricainsarticledesertionsoldierFrench army18th centuryAnthropologyGN1-890Latin America. Spanish AmericaF1201-3799ENFRPTNuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos (2006)
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FR
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topic desertion
soldier
French army
18th century
Anthropology
GN1-890
Latin America. Spanish America
F1201-3799
spellingShingle desertion
soldier
French army
18th century
Anthropology
GN1-890
Latin America. Spanish America
F1201-3799
Naoko Seriu
Le regret d’avoir déserté : une posture du soldat au XVIIIe siècle (France)
description Regretting desertion : an attitude for the soldier in the XVIIIth century (France) In order to fight desertion, the French army, from 1775, grants a couple of « days for regret ». During this period, the soldier is entitled to voluntarily come back to his regiment without being punished as a deserter. To take advantage of this opportunity, deserters can surrender to the police, but they have also the possibility to express this state of mind after they failed to escape, or even only after they have been arrested, at the time of cross-examination. If many try to benefit from this system, it helps establish a connivance with the authority. Hence, the reasons for deserting put forward are said to be linked to some kind of personal disorder : drunkness, blunder, or ‘imagination’. The violence or the injustice of the military institution, so often denounced by other deserters, are not incriminated. In the framework of the psychologization of desertion, a new relationship based on consent is established between the individual and the institution.  
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title Le regret d’avoir déserté : une posture du soldat au XVIIIe siècle (France)
title_short Le regret d’avoir déserté : une posture du soldat au XVIIIe siècle (France)
title_full Le regret d’avoir déserté : une posture du soldat au XVIIIe siècle (France)
title_fullStr Le regret d’avoir déserté : une posture du soldat au XVIIIe siècle (France)
title_full_unstemmed Le regret d’avoir déserté : une posture du soldat au XVIIIe siècle (France)
title_sort le regret d’avoir déserté : une posture du soldat au xviiie siècle (france)
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publishDate 2006
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