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Denis de Rougemont
Born8 September 1906
Couvet, Canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Died6 December 1985(1985-12-06) (aged 79)
Geneva, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland
EducationUniversity of Neuchâtel (B.A.)
Spouse(s)Simone Vion (m. 1933–1951)
Anaïte "Nanik" Repond (m. 1952–1985)
Era20th-century philosophy
RegionWestern Philosophy
SchoolContinental philosophy
Personalism
Non-conformists of the 1930s
InstitutionsÉcole libre des hautes études
Graduate Institute of European Studies, University of Geneva

Denys Louis de Rougemont (September 8, 1906 – December 6, 1985), known as Denis de Rougemont (French: [dəni də ʁuʒmɔ̃]), was a Swiss writer and cultural theorist who wrote in French. One of the non-conformists of the 1930s, he addressed the perils of totalitarianism from a Christian point of view. After the Second World War, he promoted European federalism.

Life

He studied at the University of Neuchâtel and in Vienna, and then moved to Paris in 1930. There he wrote for and edited various publications, associating with the personalist groupings and the non-conformists of the 1930s: with Emmanuel Mounier and Arnaud Dandieu, he founded the magazines Esprit and L'Ordre Nouveau, and he also co-founded a magazine, with Roland de Pury, on existential theology, Hic et Nunc.[1]

In June 1940, fearing that defeatism and the pressure of Nazi propaganda (and armies) would lead the federal government to submit to the Germans and give up the traditional democratic values of Switzerland, he led with Zurich University Professor Theophil Spoerri a group of young people which created a civil society organisation called the Gotthard League in order to defend both Christian values and the independence of Switzerland. De Rougemont wrote the movement's manifesto and on 22 July an "Appeal to the Swiss People" which was widely published in the Swiss press to rally support for the movement.[2]

Later in 1940, after having authored a sharp column in a Swiss newspaper which infuriated the German government, he was sent to the United States and administered French broadcasting for the Voice of America. He likewise taught at the École Libre des Hautes Études in New York before returning to Europe in 1946.[1]

He founded in Geneva the "Centre Européen de la Culture" in 1950[3] and in 1963[4] the "Institut Universitaire d'Etudes Européennes" (IUEE, "Graduate Institute of European Studies", attached to the University of Geneva). He was president of the Paris-based Congrès pour la Liberté de la Culture.[1] Probably his most influential work is Love in the Western World (1939, 1956, 1972; English translations 1940, 1956, 1982).

The 1989–1990 academic year at the College of Europe was named in his honour.

He is buried at the Cimetière de Plainpalais in Geneva.

Works

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c de Rougemont, Denis (1966) [1956]. Love in the Western World. Translated by Belgion, Montgomery (Revised ed.). New York: Fawcett. p. i.
  2. ^ Ackermann, Bruno (1996). Denis de Rougemont : une biographie intellectuelle (in French). Geneva: Labor et Fides. p. 652. ISBN 978-2-8309-0802-2.
  3. ^ CEC site
  4. ^ European Institute site

Further reading

  • Ackermann, Bruno (1989). "A la recherche d'une éthique en littérature, l'oeuvre de Denis de Rougemont". La Licorne (in French). Poitiers. 16: 421–437.
  • Ackermann, Bruno (1989). "Regards sur la Suisse dans l'oeuvre de Denis de Rougemont (1938-1940)". Équinoxe (in French). Lausanne. 1: 29–58.
  • Ackermann, Bruno; Saint-Ouen, François (1994). "Rougemont, Denis de (1906-1985)". In Saint-Ouen, François (ed.). Dictionnaire international du Fédéralisme (in French). Bruxelles: Bruylant. pp. 259–266.
  • Ackermann, Bruno (1996). Denis de Rougemont, une biographie intellectuelle (in French). Geneva.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Ackermann, Bruno (2000). Denis de Rougemont - De la personne à l'Europe (in French). Lausanne.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Bachoud, Andrée; Cuesta, Josefine; Trebitsch, Michel, eds. (2009). Les intellectuels et l'Europe, de 1945 à nos jours (in French). Paris.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Campiche, Christian (1999). Denis de Rougemont, le séducteur de l'Occident (in French). Geneva.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Campiche, Christian (2004). Le nègre de la rose, essai (in French). Charmey.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Chardonnens, Alain (2001). Le jeune Denis de Rougemont contre l'école-prison, suivi de : La construction européenne selon Denis de Rougemont et Gonzague de Reynold (in French). Geneva.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Chebel d'Appollonia, Ariane (1991). Histoire politique des intellectuels en France (1944-1954) (in French). Paris.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Collectif (2007). Denis de Rougemont, aujourd'hui (in French). Lausanne.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Deering, Mary Jo (1991). Denis de Rougemont, l'Européen (in French). Lausanne.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Du personnalisme au fédéralisme européen, en hommage à Denis de Rougemont. Colloque (in French). Geneva. 1989.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Frigerio, Fabrizio (1986). "L'engagement politique de Denis de Rougemont". Cadmos (in French). Geneva (33): 115–124.
  • Frigerio, Fabrizio (1991–1993). "Rougemont, Denis de". In Mengis; Ziehr (eds.). Vol. 5. Luzern. p. 428. ((cite encyclopedia)): |work= ignored (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  • Frigerio, Fabrizio; et al. (1994). "Fédéralisme chez Rougemont". In Saint-Ouen, François (ed.). (in French). Bruxelles: Bruylant. pp. 202–204. ((cite encyclopedia)): |work= ignored (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  • Frigerio, Fabrizio (2006). "Le rôle de l'école selon Denis de Rougemont". Les Cahiers du Val-de-Travers (in French) (6): 12–14.
  • Graber, Anne-Caroline (2007). Denis de Rougemont: une philosophie politique et une pensée européenne pour éclairer notre temps (in French). Geneva.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Jacob, Jean (2000). Le retour de "L'Ordre Nouveau" Les métamorphoses d'un fédéralisme européen (in French). Geneva-Paris.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Kopić, Mario (26 October 2023). "Deni de Ružmon: mislilac ljubavi". Teologija (in Serbo-Croatian). Belgrade.
  • Locatelli, Silvio (1965). Denis de Rougemont: La vita e il pensiero (in Italian). Milan.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Loubet del Bayle, Jean-Louis (2001). Les non-conformistes des années 30, une tentative de renouvellement de la pensée politique française (in French). ((cite book)): |work= ignored (help)
  • Marc, Alexandre (1996). Une lumière qui ne s'éteint jamais (in French). Nice.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Martìnez i Seguì, Joan Alfred (2009). La filosofia social i polìtica de Denis de Rougemont: Personalisme i federalisme integral (in Spanish). Valencia.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • du Réau, Elisabeth (2001). L'idée d'Europe au XXe siècle: des mythes aux réalités (in French). Paris.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Reszler, André; Schwamm, Henri (1976). Denis de Rougemont, l'écrivain, l'européen, Etudes et témoignages publiés pour le 70ème anniversaire de Denis de Rougemont (in French). Neuchâtel.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Robert, Sylvia; Schmidt-Surdez, Maryse; Schlup, Michel (1995). Denis de Rougemont: une vie pour l'Europe, exhibition 6.10.1995 - 2.3.1996, catalogue (in French). Geneva.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Ruge, Undine (2003). Die Erfindung des "Europa der Regionen". Kritische Ideengeschichte eines konservativen Konzepts (in German). Francfort.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Saint-Ouen, François (1995). Denis de Rougemont, introduction à sa vie et son oeuvre (in French). Geneva.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Saint-Ouen, François (1997). Les grandes figures de la construction européenne (in French). Geneva.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Saint-Ouen, François (1998). Denis de Rougemont et l'Europe des Régions (in French). Geneva.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Saint-Ouen, François (2005). Le fédéralisme (in French). Gollion.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • François Saint-Ouen, "Denis de Rougemont, parcours d'une vie", in: Denis de Rougemont, l'Européen, exhibition organised by the Centre européen de la culture and the Fondation Martin Bodmer, Geneva, 2006, p. 23-29.
  • Saint-Ouen, François (2007). "De la Culture et du dialogue des cultures chez Denis de Rougemont". In Sidjanski, Dusan (ed.). Dialogue des Cultures à l'aube du XXIe siècle (in French). Brussells. pp. 45–62.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Saint-Ouen, François (2008). "Celui qui a commencé par la Culture". In Saint-Ouen, François; Esposito, Frédéric (eds.). Penser l'Europe à Genève : l'héritage de Denis de Rougemont (in French). Louvain-la-Neuve.
  • Saint-Ouen, François (2014). L'Europe de Denis de Rougemont (in French). Editions Academia.
  • Schulz, Christina (2006). "Neutralité et engagement : Denis de Rougemont et le concept de "neutralité active". A Contrario (in French). 4 (2): 57. doi:10.3917/aco.042.0057.
  • de Senarclens, Pierre (1974). Le mouvement "Esprit" 1932-1941 (in French). Lausanne.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Dusan Sidjanski, "Denis de Rougemont, l'Européen", in: Denis de Rougemont, l'Européen, exhibition organised by the Centre européen de la culture and the Fondation Martin Bodmer, Geneva, 2006, p. 9-21.
  • Stenger, Nicolas (2015), Denis de Rougemont: Les intellectuels et l'Europe au XXe siècle (in French), Rennes: Presses universitaires de Rennes
  • Vale, Giangiacomo (2013). "Pólemos. La dialettica federalista in Denis de Rougemont". In Berardi, S.; Vale, Giangiacomo (eds.). Ripensare il federalismo. Prospettive storico-filosofiche (in Italian). Rome: Nuova Cultura. pp. 107–130.
  • Vale, Giangiacomo (2013). "La croce, l'asse e la spira. Simbolismo dell'Occidente nell'opera di Denis de Rougemont". Metabasis (in Italian). 8 (16): 55–71.
  • Vale, Giangiacomo (2016). "La nazione e la guerra. Genealogia e prognosi del nazionalismo nel pensiero di Denis de Rougemont". In Vale, Giangiacomo (ed.). Il senso di una guerra. Ragione, nazione, passione, irrazionalità alle origini della Grande Guerra (in Italian). Rome: Nuova Cultura. pp. 143–172.
  • Vale, Giangiacomo (2017). Una e Diversa. L'Europa di Denis de Rougemont (in Italian). Milano-Udine: Mimesis.
  • Vayssière, Bertrand (2006). Vers une Europe fédérale? les espoirs et les actions fédéralistes au sortir de la seconde guerre mondiale (in French). Brussells.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Verdaguer, Pierre (December 1985). "Denis de Rougemont et la nouvelle censure". The French Review (in French). 59 (2).
  • Yèche, Hélène, ed. (2009). Construction européenne: histoires et images des origines (in French). Paris.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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