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[eng] Abstract Over the past decade historians have paid increasing attention to the role of language. Under the influence of that disparate body of work referred to as "postmodernism ", some now argue for the determining nature of language rather than social reality. This article, which explores the debate on co-operation and the co-operative movement in British culture before 1914, stresses instead the indissoluble connection between language and historical reality. It is argued that the contests over the keyword co-operation highlight the fragility of bourgeois hegemony and suggests that the ability of subaltern groups to speak with assurance depended intimately upon the stability and progress of working-class association. [fre] Résumé Pendant la dernière décennie, les historiens se sont de plus en plus intéressés au rôle du langage. Sous l'influence de cette entité de travail disparate à laquelle se réfère le « post-modernisme », certains défendent aujourd'hui la nature déterminante du langage plutôt que celle de la réalité sociale. Cet article, qui s'intéresse au débat sur la coopération et sur le mouvement coopératif dans l'Angleterre d'avant 1914, insiste sur la liaison indissociable entre le langage et la réalité historique. L'auteur affirme que la lutte qui porte sur le mot-clé « coopération » souligne la fragilité de l'hégémonie bourgeoise et suppose que l'habileté des groupes subalternes à parler avec assurance dépend intimement de la stabilité et du progrès de la société ouvrière.
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Peter Gurney, 1997.
"Le débat sur la coopération dans l'Angleterre victorienne et édouardienne,"
Histoire, économie & société, Programme National Persée, vol. 16(2), pages 259-278.
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RePEc:prs:hiseco:hes_0752-5702_1997_num_16_2_1945
DOI: 10.3406/hes.1997.1945
Note: DOI:10.3406/hes.1997.1945
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