Jacques Sémelin’s scientific contributions

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Publications (2)


Resisting Genocides. The Multiple Forms of Rescue
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January 2011

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18 Citations

Jacques Sémelin

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Claire Andrieu

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Sarah Gensburger

Every genocide in history has been notable for the minority of brave individuals and groups who put their own lives at risk to rescue its would be victims. Based on three case studies--the genocides of the Armenians, the Jews and the Rwandese Tutsi--this book is the first international comparative and multidisciplinary attempt to make rescue an object of research, while breaking free of the notion of "The Righteous Among the Nations." The result is an exceptionally rich and disturbing volume. While it is impossible to distill or describe what makes an individual into a rescuer, acts of rescue reveal a historical fact: the existence of an informal, underground network of rescuers-- however fragile--as soon as genocides get underway, and in every geographical and social context. (Résumé éditeur)


La résistance aux génocides: De la pluralité des actes de sauvetage

January 2008

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13 Reads

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8 Citations

Quand la haine et la peur gagnent un pays, que la guerre et le massacre se propagent, il est toujours quelques hommes et quelques femmes qui ne se laissent pas entraîner. Sans mot dire, ils se tiennent de côté. Dans le secret et le risque, ils veulent aider plus que dénoncer, protéger plus que détruire. Parfois, ceux-là même qui participent au carnage tentent aussi de sauver. Dans ces situations d'extrême violence, une résistance civile, improvisée, tend à se développer, faite d'une multitude de petits actes individuels et de l'action de quelques organisations clandestines. À partir de 3 cas - les génocides des arméniens, des juifs et des tutsis -, cet ouvrage représente la première tentative à la fois internationale, comparative et pluridisciplinaire pour constituer l'acte de sauvetage en objet de recherche, en se dégageant de la catégorie mémorielle du « Juste ». Le résultat est d'une richesse exceptionnelle et dérangeante. Impossible de dresser un portrait type du sauveteur, cependant les actes de sauvetage témoignent d'un fait historique : l'existence discrète d'une société informelle de sauvetage - si fragile soit-elle - dès que commence le génocide. (Résumé de l'éditeur)

Citations (2)


... This is not what the data are telling us: Although SVR levels are not on the rise, they remain stable and should not be underestimated. A short-term reduction in political or media visibility regarding violent radicalization does not imply that the larger social polarization phenomenon nor the social attitudes toward radicalization are decreasing; historical accounts of these social trends suggest that they may last much longer (Sémelin, Andrieu, & Gensburger, 2008). ...

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A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study of Sympathy for Violent Radicalization in Canadian College Students
La résistance aux génocides: De la pluralité des actes de sauvetage
  • Citing Book
  • January 2008

... A Global Centre for R2P at the City University of New York was created to initiate, develop, and coordinate research and advocacy, and the R2P has gradually evolved from a norm ) into a policy instrument (Thakur & Weiss, 2009), or in the expression of Ban Ki-Moon from words to deeds (2007). Many scholars published on R2P over the years sharing the view that R2P is a global norm that need global efforts in strengthening and operationalizing (Fiott & Koops, 2014;Orford, 2011;Semelin, 2011;Thakur, 2011). Many expressed also concerns seeing lack of will to protect people in specific situations and appealed for continuous robust international attention and action, so that the norm is not ignored or diminished Hehir, 2010;Reinold, 2010). ...

Resisting Genocides. The Multiple Forms of Rescue
  • Citing Book
  • January 2011