Should We Commemorate the Commune? When Pierre Nora and Jean-Luc Mélenchon Debate History
Pierre Nora and Jean-Luc Mélenchon at Gallimard. BRUNO COUTIER FOR THE OBS
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Interview On the occasion of the passing of historian and publisher Pierre Nora, we are republishing this joint interview with the leader of La France Insoumise, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, conducted in 2021 on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Commune.
In the spring of 2021, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Commune, "le Nouvel Obs", which was still called "l'Obs", organized a meeting between the historian Pierre Nora, for whom the Commune did not contribute much to the history of the nation and the leader of La France Insoumise (and presidential candidate) Jean-Luc Mélenchon, for whom it represents "the first modern citizen revolution". As we learned on Monday evening of the death of Pierre Nora at the age of 93 , we are republishing this joint interview initially published on April 10, 2021.
At the initiative of "l'Obs," the meeting took place last Wednesday in Paris, at the Gallimard offices, which Pierre Nora gave Jean-Luc Mélenchon a thorough tour of. Despite their differences, the two men, in great spirits, got along like a house on fire.
L'OBS. Pierre Nora, you opened the debate by saying on France-Inter: "Commemorating Napoleon, yes, the Commune, no." Explain this to us.Pierre Nora. The Commune was a…
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