Michel Dobry () is a French

political scientist Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

. He has taught at the

University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Uni ...

since September 2001.

Biography

Michel Dobry was born in 1946. In addition to his duties at the Sorbonne, he is also a member of the editorial board of the ''

Revue française de science politique A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance, and sketches. The revue has its roots in 19th century popular entertainment and melodrama but grew into a substantial cultural presence of its own during ...

''. Since the 1980s, he has been developing a

sociology Sociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of Interpersonal ties, social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. The term sociol ...

of political crises. He is particularly interested in the phenomena

fascists Fascism ( ) is a far-right, authoritarian, and ultranationalist political ideology and movement. It is characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social h ...

and the National Front. In 2003, he published an important collective work on these questions entitled ''The Myth of French Allergy to Fascism'', in which several specialists also contributed, such as Bruno Goyet, Didier Leschi,

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, Annie Collovald, Robert O. Paxton, Violaine Roussel,

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and Brian Jenkins.

Thought and critical reception

Specializing in the analysis of political crises, revolutions and democratic transitions, we owe him the concepts of "fluid political conjuncture" or "collusive transactions" which submits another analysis of legitimacy. Indeed, Michel Dobry proposes a horizontal legitimacy, an alternative to the vertical legitimacy model of

Max Weber Maximilian Carl Emil Weber (; ; 21 April 186414 June 1920) was a German Sociology, sociologist, historian, jurist, and political economy, political economist who was one of the central figures in the development of sociology and the social sc ...

. His work ''Sociology of political crises'' marks a turning point in the analysis of revolutions by its radically different approach from those usually used in the

social sciences Social science (often rendered in the plural as the social sciences) is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of society, societies and the Social relation, relationships among members within those societies. The term was former ...

and politics. ''The myth of the French allergy to fascism'' published in 2003 under his direction intends to take the opposite view of historians such as

René Rémond René Rémond (; 30 September 1918 – 14 April 2007) was a French historian, political scientist and political economist. Born in Lons-le-Saunier, Rémond was the Secretary General of Jeunesses étudiantes Catholiques (JEC France in 1943) and ...

, Serge Bernstein, Pierre Milza,

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, who are said to have developed what he calls an "immune thesis" with regard to fascism in France, namely the idea that French society is impervious to fascism, from made the history of the rights in this country. In the review of this book, Jean-Paul Thomas deplores "his ignorance of recent research which has renewed knowledge of the French right".Jean-Paul Thomas
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''Historical Review'', 2004/4 (n° 632), pages 843 to 910

Bibliography

* Dobry (1986). ''Sociologie des crises politiques.'' Paris: Presses de la FNSP. 1986 * Dobry (2000) ''Democratic and capitalist transitions in Eastern Europe : lessons for the social sciences'' Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000. ** review, ''Slavic review'', 60, no. 3, (2001): 607 * (2000). ''Paths, Choices, Outcomes, and Uncertainty: Elements for a Critique of Transitological Reason'' in M. Dobry ed. Democratic and Capitalist Transitions in Eastern Europe: Lessons for the Social Sciences. Dordrecht: Kluwer. 2000 * '' Le mythe de l'allergie française au fascisme'' Paris : Albin Michel, 2003.

References

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