Transformation of Xenophobia in France at the end of the 19th century: Analysis of National and Local Elections in Paris Region

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K01053
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 03040:History of Europe and America-related
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: NAGAI Nobuhito 東京大学, 大学院人文社会系研究科(文学部), 教授 (10322190)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: フランス / パリ / 選挙 / 外国人 / 排外主義

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study analyzes local elections in Paris region at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, in order to see how the increasing presence of foreign peoples in urban society was debated in politics. Different movements like Boulangism, that propagated xenophobic discourse and action, focused their arguments on national policy matters, and rarely referred to the presence of foreigners in local communities. This suggests that political xenophobia was not rooted in the urban society.

Free Research Field

フランス近現代史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

フランス近現代史研究では、排外主義の社会的実態については研究の余地が大きく残されている。パリに関しては、もともと選挙の研究が手薄である上に、外国人をめぐる議論と関連づけた分析も少ない。これらの点で本研究は独自性を持つ。また、共生の問題を扱い、それを政治と社会の両面から考察する本研究の問題設定や視角は、社会的にも大きな意義を持つと考えられる。