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Aline Coutrot

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Aline Coutrot
Aline Coutrot
Born17 June 1927
Paris, France
DiedOctober 20, 1987(1987-10-20) (aged 60)
NationalityFrench
AwardsPrix Broquette-Gonin (1967)
Academic background
Education
Doctoral advisorRené Rémond
Academic work
DisciplineHistory, political science
InstitutionsInstitute of Political Studies, Paris

Aline Coutrot (17 June 1927 – 20 October 1987) was a French historian and political scientist.[1] Her research works and publications have mainly focused on the relationship between religion and politics in the 20th century, as well as on youth movements in France.[2] In 1967, she received the Prix Broquette-Gonin (literature) Award for her work Religious Forces in French Society.[3]

Biography

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Born on 17 June 1927 in Paris, Aline Coutrot was the daughter of Coutrot Jacques (1898 – 1965) and Seringe Georgette (1905 – 1985), both of whom came from Seine-et-Marne, Northern France.[1] Coutrot was the eldest of five children.[1]

She completed her school education at the Collège Sévigné, a private school in Paris. She later continued her higher education at the Sorbonne University. In 1972, she became an assistant professor at the Institute of Political Studies in Paris, where she spent her entire professional career in teaching politics and religion.[1] In 1983, she obtained a doctorate in political science under the supervision of René Rémond, with whom she published a number of books and research papers.[4]

In a pioneering contribution, unlike other writings on youth mobilization that focused on the individual movements at that time, she took a broader view of youth movements.[2] She analyzed the role of religion and the impact of war on youth movements in French society.[5][6] For instance, according to Coutrot, the JOC didn't give its members any particular “political direction, but educated them in an ethic of commitment and social responsibility.”[7][1]

Later in her career, she took an interest in the creation of the Atomic Energy Commission.[8]

She died on 20 October 1987 in Paris.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Louise, Thérèse. "COUTROT, Aline". maitron.fr. maitron.fr. Archived from the original on 21 July 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b Pomfret, David M. (2004). Young People and the European City: Age Relations in Nottingham and Saint-Etienne, 1890–1940. Leuven: Ashgate. p. 270. ISBN 978-0-754-60930-8. Archived from the original on 21 July 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Aline COUTROT". academie-francaise.fr. academie-francaise.fr. Archived from the original on 21 July 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  4. ^ Hellman, John (2002). Communitarian Third Way: Alexandre Marc and Ordre Nouveau, 1930–2000. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press. p. 260. ISBN 978-0-773-52376-0. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  5. ^ Whitney, Susan (11 September 2009). Mobilizing Youth: Communists and Catholics in Interwar France. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press. p. 252. ISBN 978-0-822-39156-2. Archived from the original on 21 July 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  6. ^ Reynolds, Sian (1996). France Between the Wars: Gender and Politics. London: Psychology Press. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-415-12736-3. Archived from the original on 21 July 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  7. ^ Horn, Gerd-Rainer (2001). Left Catholicism, 1943–1955: Catholics and Society in Western Europe at the Point of Liberation. Leuven: Leuven University Press. p. 70. ISBN 978-9-058-67093-9. Archived from the original on 21 July 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  8. ^ Imlay, Talbot C. (24 January 2007). The Fog of Peace and War Planning: Military and Strategic Planning under Uncertainty. Oxfordshire: Routledge. p. NA. ISBN 978-1-134-21087-9. Archived from the original on 21 July 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.