Comment Élisée Reclus est devenu athée. Un nouveau document biographique

We found in the State Archive of the Russian Federation (GARF) a handwritten notebook by one of the sisters of Élisée Reclus, which traces a short biography of her brother from his childhood to the beginning of his geographer’s career. This document does not contain a date nor a signature, so the fi...

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Main Author: Federico Ferretti
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Unité Mixte de Recherche 8504 Géographie-cités 2010-03-01
Series:Cybergeo
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/cybergeo/22981
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Summary:We found in the State Archive of the Russian Federation (GARF) a handwritten notebook by one of the sisters of Élisée Reclus, which traces a short biography of her brother from his childhood to the beginning of his geographer’s career. This document does not contain a date nor a signature, so the first problem is to make the most compelling hypothesis about that. The second problem is to evaluate the relevance of this source: does it contain relevant novelties for the personal, political and scientific biography of Reclus? Finally, we propose an integral transcription of this text: we think that it is a pleasant reading.
ISSN:1278-3366