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Greedy elites and poor lambs: How young Europeans remember the great war

Pierre Bouchat Laurent Licata Valérie Rosoux Christian Allesch Heinrich Ammerer Maria Babinska Michal Bilewicz 1 Magdalena Bobowik Inna Bovina Susanne Bruckmüller Rosa Cabecinhas Xenia Chryssochoou István Csertő Sylvain Delouvée 2 Federica Durante 3 Andreea Ernst-Vintila 4, 5 Christine Flassbeck Renata Franc Denis Hilton 6 Serap Keles Chantal Kesteloot Reşit Kışlıoğlu Alice Krenn Irina Macovei Silvia Mari Vanja Medugorac Nebojša Petrović Tibor Polya 7 Maaris Raudsepp Alberto Sá Inari Sakki Vladimir Turjacanin Salman Türken Laurence van Ypersele Danijel Vojak Chiara Volpato Geneviève Warland Olivier Klein 8
1 UW - University of Warsaw
2 CRPCC EA 1285 - Centre de Recherches en Psychologie Cognition et Communication
3 DICEAA - Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Edile-Architettura, Ambientale
4 ESPACE - Études des Structures, des Processus d’Adaptation et des Changements de l’Espace
5 LAPPS - Laboratoire Parisien de Psychologie Sociale
6 CLLE-LTC - Cognition, Langues, Langage, Ergonomie
7 MTA - Hungarian Academy of Sciences
8 CEPS/INSTEAD - Centre d'Etudes de Populations, de Pauvreté et de Politiques Socio-Economiques / International Networks for Studies in Technology, Environment, Alternatives, Development
Abstract : 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.
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Pierre Bouchat, Laurent Licata, Valérie Rosoux, Christian Allesch, Heinrich Ammerer, et al.. Greedy elites and poor lambs: How young Europeans remember the great war. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, PsychOpen 2019, 7 (1), pp.52-75. ⟨10.5964/jspp.v7i1.781⟩. ⟨halshs-02012276⟩

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