100 years after: What is the relation between pacifist attitudes and social representations of the Great War?
Pierre Bouchat
(1)
,
Laurent Licata
(2)
,
Valérie Rosoux
(3)
,
Christian Allesch
,
Heinrich Ammerer
,
Inna Bovina
(4)
,
Susanne Bruckmüller
,
J. Christopher Cohrs
,
István Csertö
,
Sylvain Delouvée
(5)
,
Federica Durante
(6)
,
Andreea Ernst-Vintila
(7)
,
Christine Flassbeck
,
Denis Hilton
(8)
,
Chantal Kesteloot
(2)
,
Resit Kislioglu
,
Alice Krenn
,
Silvia Mari
(9)
,
Nebojša Petrović
,
Tibor Pólya
(10)
,
Jean-Louis Tavani
(7)
,
Laurence van Ypersele
,
Chiara Volpato
(9)
,
Geneviève Warland
(3)
,
Olivier Klein
(11)
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PErSEUs -
Psychologie Ergonomique et Sociale pour l'Expérience utilisateurs
2 ULB - Université libre de Bruxelles
3 UCL - Université Catholique de Louvain = Catholic University of Louvain
4 Moscow State Regional University.
5 LP3C - EA1285 - Laboratoire de Psychologie : Cognition, Comportement, Communication
6 DICEAA - Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Edile-Architettura, Ambientale
7 LAPPS - Laboratoire Parisien de Psychologie Sociale
8 CLLE-LTC - Cognition, Langues, Langage, Ergonomie
9 UNIMIB - Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca = University of Milano-Bicocca
10 MTA - Hungarian Academy of Sciences
11 Service de Chirurgie Pédiatrique [CHRU Nancy]
2 ULB - Université libre de Bruxelles
3 UCL - Université Catholique de Louvain = Catholic University of Louvain
4 Moscow State Regional University.
5 LP3C - EA1285 - Laboratoire de Psychologie : Cognition, Comportement, Communication
6 DICEAA - Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Edile-Architettura, Ambientale
7 LAPPS - Laboratoire Parisien de Psychologie Sociale
8 CLLE-LTC - Cognition, Langues, Langage, Ergonomie
9 UNIMIB - Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca = University of Milano-Bicocca
10 MTA - Hungarian Academy of Sciences
11 Service de Chirurgie Pédiatrique [CHRU Nancy]
Christian Allesch
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Heinrich Ammerer
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Susanne Bruckmüller
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J. Christopher Cohrs
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István Csertö
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Christine Flassbeck
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Denis Hilton
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- ORCID : 0000-0002-8991-3353
Resit Kislioglu
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- ORCID : 0000-0003-1713-6169
Alice Krenn
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Nebojša Petrović
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Laurence van Ypersele
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Résumé
The present study examines current social representations associated with the origins of the Great War, a major event that has profoundly affected Europe. A survey conducted in 20 European countries (N = 1906 students in social sciences) shows a high consensus: The outbreak of the war is attributed to the warring nations’ leaders while the responsibility of the populations is minimized. Building on the concept of social representation of history (Liu & Hilton, 2005), we suggest that the social representations of the Great War fulfill social psychological functions in contemporary Europe. We suggest that WWI may function as a charter for European integration. Their content also suggests a desire to distinguish a positively valued ingroup ("the people") from powerful elites, construed as an outgroup.