Greedy Elites and Poor Lambs : How Young Europeans Remember the Great War

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.Peer reviewe

100 years after: What is the relation between pacifist attitudes and social representations of the Great War?

In this article we use a social representational perspective on a large sample of European students to consider the interplay between pacifist attitudes and representations of World War I (WWI). WWI gave rise to pacifist movements across the globe. Across 10 European countries (NSCOPUS: ar.jinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishe

Dynamique de la représentation sociale d'un risque collectif et engagement dans les conduites de réduction du risque (le rôle des pratiques, de l'implication et de la sociabilité)

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Michel-Louis Rouquette et le modèle de l'architecture de la pensée sociale

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Una modelizacion del pensamiento social

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La crise financière de 2008 : menace collective ou défi individuel ? Une analyse de la pensée sociale mobilisée en situation de crise

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Under Threat. Lay Thinking about Terrorism and the Three Dimensional Model of Personal Involvement : A Social Psychological Analysis

International audienceAfter distinguishing between acts of terrorism and terrorist risk from a social psychological perspective, this paper focuses on the lay thinking about terrorism. We suggest an analysis carried out at the ideological/positional level of explanation, as opposed to the intra/interindividual level. This analysis is based on the Theory of Social Representations and its specific methodologies. It is supported by an empirical study completed on the airports of Marseilles-Provence (France) and Boston-Logan (United States). The study compared the lay thinking about terrorism among participants who had different levels of anti-terrorism practice (French safety officers vs. French passengers) and of personal involvement (US vs. French passengers). The social representation of safety officers had a more practical orientation. In contrast, for passengers, the lay thinking about terrorism was normative in nature and displayed a salient affective component. Moreover, in the group of US passengers, who reported higher scores of personal involvement, the element 'Muslims' appeared as central for defining terrorism. These empirical results illustrated a theoretical proposal according to which, in conflict, threat, or crisis situations, and in the absence of practice, high personal involvement may favour the expression of lay thinking through a more narrow, radical, collective and mobilising form, the nexus, rather than through social representations

Da Silva et al. (2021). Accueil des réfugiés en France : le point de vue des Français d’origine maghrébine et des Français « natifs » . Psychologie française

Studies on attitudes towards refugees in France have only focused on “native” French people. Extending the study beyond the majority group is important, given the multicultural composition of contemporary Western societies. To this end, 144 "native" French and 109 Maghrebi French were surveyed. We first tested the model whereby the link between national identification and prosocial intentions towards refugees is mediated by the threat perception. This model only applies to "native" French participants. We then took a closer look at the precursors of prosocial intentions among Maghrebi French (i.e., misrecognition of national belonging). Even if the feeling of identity misrecognition among Maghrebi French seems to be associated with the expression of prosocial intentions, the extent of its negative consequences should not be overlooked

Using the Black Sheep Effect to Reveal Normative Stakes: The Example of Alcohol Drinking Contexts

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« Le fil de soie de la légalité » : une illustration du lien entre l'organisation normative du pouvoir et une catégorie fondamentale de la sociabilité. Représentations sociales de l'injustice en système totalitaire et post-totalitaire

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