Author: Reid, Donald

Source: French Politics, Culture & Society, Volume 26, Number 2, Summer 2008 , pp. 51-77(27)

Abstract:

Pierre Goldman was born to Jewish resisters in France in June 1944 and lived with the inability to match his parents' achievements during the war. Although a secondary figure in soixante-huitard movements, his trials for murder in the early 1970s made him a central figure in post-soixante-huitard activists' reflections on their situation. This essay examines Goldman's sui generis efforts to establish his identity as a resister and a Jew, his central role in his generation's attempts to define their relationship to the society they wished to change, and his place in the succeeding generation's efforts to differentiate themselves from the generation of their parents, Goldman's generation.

Keywords: PIERRE GOLDMAN; RESISTANCE; ANTI-SEMITISM; MEMORY; GAUCHISME

DOI: 10.3167/fpcs.2008.260204

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