The Bretagne Nationalist Movement in France and the CELIB
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https://doi.org/10.16947/fsmia.1225596Keywords:
France, Breton Nationalism, Breiz Atao, CELIB, Oliver MordrelAbstract
With the French Revolution that took place in 1789, the France, which presented new
social and political concepts such as Nationalism and Nation-state to the world political
literature, liquidated the Ancient regime (Kingdom) as a result of this revolution. The old
regime (Ancient Regime) was replaced by the Republic government. This new government
led to the establishment of a centralized state structure and the establishment of a
centralized bureaucratic system. As a result of this new government model that emerged
in the country, the nation-state and the society caused another set of concepts to come to
the fore. These concepts are minorities and assimilation. France, which claims to be a
consolidated democracy, has followed a harsh and uncompromising policy to assimilate
different ethnic elements within its country and to create a homogeneous society as a
result of its new government mentality. This policy, from time to time has become more
intolerant with support from the French society. The killing of the leaders of the Breton
national movement by the French resistance movement during the Second World War was
a graphic example to that intolerant attitude. Of course, the oppressive and assimilating
attitude towards minorities in France is not limited to the Bretons. The Basques, Corsicans
and the people of the Langeudoc-Roussillon region could be the other examples for
this oppressive attitude. However, due to its connections with Celtic nationalism and its
more well-known nature, the Breton National Movement is chosen as an case study.
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