Friederike Richter, associate researcher at the Chair, has published in the magazine Government and public action an article co-authored with Camille Collin.
Friederike Richter, researcher associated with the Chair, co-authored an article entitled «Mort pour la France«: La prise en charge du corps du guerrier depuis 1914″, published in issue 2021/3 (vol. 10) of the journal Government and public action (pages 71 to 93).
This article analyses the changes in the the role of the State in caring for the bodies of soldiers «who died for France». More specifically, it gives rise to the examination of the change in public action These include the systematisation of repatriation, the adaptation of burial arrangements and the individualised celebration of soldiers. The case of those who died for France thus appears to be imbued with the principles that guide public policy on all «human remains», whether civilian or military. The researchers emphasise, however, that human remains must be understood as an integral part of the transformation of state action, because they bear witness to the violence of conflict and require the state to come to terms with it.
