{"id":11629,"date":"2020-07-14T12:02:05","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T12:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/?p=11629"},"modified":"2020-07-18T16:27:22","modified_gmt":"2020-07-18T16:27:22","slug":"11629","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2020\/07\/14\/11629\/","title":{"rendered":"Histoire, humour et culture <br><i>History, humor and culture<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/v315-grand-chaman.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2364\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2013\/07\/30\/entre-les-mondes-between-worlds\/v315-grand-chaman\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/v315-grand-chaman.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1748,1858\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bruno grand shaman\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/v315-grand-chaman-963x1024.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2364\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/v315-grand-chaman-282x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"282\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/v315-grand-chaman-282x300.jpg 282w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/v315-grand-chaman-963x1024.jpg 963w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/v315-grand-chaman.jpg 1748w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>En reprenant mes recherches sur les licornes pour en faire un essai, je me suis un peu int\u00e9ress\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019humour et aux gags apparaissant dans l\u2019iconographie du Moyen-\u00c2ge et de la Renaissance, et qui ne sont pas bien diff\u00e9rents de ceux que nous ferions aujourd\u2019hui si nous avions les m\u00eames r\u00e9f\u00e9rences. J\u2019ai aussi r\u00e9alis\u00e9 que l\u2019histoire de l\u2019humour \u00e9tait un domaine quasiment inexplor\u00e9 (sauf pour l\u2019antiquit\u00e9 romaine), et sans doute celui que je choisirais si je devais commencer des recherches aujourd\u2019hui.<\/p>\n<p>Pourquoi les historiens contemporains se sont-ils si peu int\u00e9ress\u00e9s, ou de mani\u00e8re tr\u00e8s anecdotique, \u00e0 quelque chose d\u2019aussi important et significatif que l\u2019humour ? La raison en est peut-\u00eatre le pressentiment que cela nous obligerait \u00e0 abandonner notre confortable position de sup\u00e9riorit\u00e9 par rapport aux \u00e9poques que nous \u00e9tudions. L\u2019homme d\u2019aujourd\u2019hui en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral, et l\u2019historien en particulier, aime \u00e0 croire que les hommes du pass\u00e9, qui n\u2019avaient pas lu Marx et\/ou Freud, \u00ab\u00a0ne pensaient pas comme nous\u00a0\u00bb, et que, avec le recul, nous comprenons bien s\u00fbr mieux leur soci\u00e9t\u00e9 qu\u2019ils n\u2019ont jamais pu le faire. Manque de bol, et l\u2019humour entre autres le r\u00e9v\u00e8le, s\u2019ils avaient une vie plus difficile, pour certains moins de temps pour r\u00e9fl\u00e9chir, ils n\u2019\u00e9taient pas plus b\u00eates que nous, pensaient comme nous, et savaient tr\u00e8s bien dans quel monde ils vivaient.<\/p>\n<p>C\u2019est un peu la m\u00eame chose avec les discours \u00e0 la mode sur l\u2019\u00a0\u00ab\u00a0identit\u00e9 culturelle\u00a0\u00bb, qui veulent nous faire croire que, parce que les autres n\u2019ont pas la m\u00eame langue, la m\u00eame cuisine, la m\u00eame musique et les m\u00eames toilettes, ils pensent et doivent penser diff\u00e9remment de nous. Les diff\u00e9rences culturelles existent mais, en g\u00e9ographie comme en histoire, elles sont tr\u00e8s superficielles et n\u2019entrainent pas que l\u2019on pense diff\u00e9remment. Ces identit\u00e9s et cette diversit\u00e9 sont des constructions qui sinon visent, du moins ont pour effet de nous permettre de rester tranquillement entre nous et de penser que nous valons mieux que les autres.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>C\u2019est ce qui me terrifie dans les r\u00e9actions \u00e0 la crise sanitaire (et \u00e9cologique) actuelle. Oui, il faut voyager moins. Oui, il faut cesser de transporter inutilement des trucs d\u2019un bout du monde \u00e0 un autre. Mais cela n\u2019oblige en rien \u00e0 cesser de se m\u00e9langer, de m\u00e9langer nos musiques, nos litt\u00e9ratures, nos cuisines, or il me semble que c\u2019est avant tout cela qui est en train de se produire. En Europe comme en Asie, un peu moins peut-\u00eatre en Am\u00e9rique qui a connu cela plus t\u00f4t, on assiste \u00e0 un grand retour du nationalisme culturel, de l\u2019id\u00e9e absurde que nous sommes diff\u00e9rents et que cette diff\u00e9rence est fondamentale et doit \u00eatre pr\u00e9serv\u00e9e, que l\u2019on peut m\u00eame en \u00eatre \u00ab\u00a0fier\u00a0\u00bb. Or l\u2019histoire a montr\u00e9 que c\u2019est quand ne connait pas les autres qu\u2019on les imagine diff\u00e9rents, et qu\u2019on finit par leur faire la guerre.<\/p>\n<p>Les crises sanitaires et \u00e9cologiques sont des probl\u00e8mes mondiaux, qui ne peuvent avoir que des solutions mondiales. Elles devraient \u00eatre l\u2019occasion de mettre de c\u00f4t\u00e9 nos ridicules diff\u00e9rences, de se concerter, de mettre en place au moins dans ces domaines une \u00e9bauche de gouvernement mondial. C\u2019est le contraire qui est en train de se produire, et c\u2019est dramatique. Et je n\u2019ai pas envie de finir ma vie dans une France franco-fran\u00e7aise et \u00ab fi\u00e8re d\u2019elle-m\u00eame \u00bb, c\u2019est \u00e0 dire un peu b\u00eate.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/v314-shaman.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2363\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2013\/07\/30\/entre-les-mondes-between-worlds\/v314-shaman\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/v314-shaman.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1379,1506\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bruno shaman\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/v314-shaman-937x1024.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2363\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/v314-shaman-274x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/v314-shaman-274x300.jpg 274w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/v314-shaman-937x1024.jpg 937w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/v314-shaman.jpg 1379w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When coming back to my research on unicorns to write an essay, I had a serious look at jokes and humor in Renaissance and late Middle Ages art, and was striken by the fact that it was not that different from our, or at least from what we would do if we had the same references. I also noticed that there is very little non-anecdotical historical research on the history of humor (with one exception, Ancient Roman humor). If I were to start my research now. I would probably chose something in that field.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Why did modern western historians neglect something as important and significant as humor ? I suspect the reason is that it would confront us with an unconfortable truth, that people \u00ab\u00a0in those times\u00a0\u00bb were not that different from us. We like, and historians like, to think that people frtom ancient times, who had not read Marx and\/or Freud, \u00ab\u00a0did not think like us\u00a0\u00bb, and that, with some hindsight, we understand their world better than they did. Unfortunately, and humor reveals it, while they had a harder life, while some of them had not much time to think, they were not more stupid than us and did not think really differently.<\/p>\n<p>I feel the same when facing fashionable discourse about \u00ab\u00a0cultural identity\u00a0\u00bb, which try to make us think that people who don\u2019t speak the same language, who don\u2019t eat the same food, who don\u2019t use the same toilets, who don\u2019t listen to the same Music, cannot think in the same way as us. People might be stupid, but not that stupid. Geographically like historically, we seriously exagerate cultural differences; they exist, but they are very superficial, and certainly not deep enough to make us think differently. Identities and diversity have become a way to help us stay between ourselves, and soon to think we are better than others. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This is why I\u2019m terrified by the reactions to the actual health and ecological crisis. Yes, we need to travel muc less. Yes, we need to stop producing unnecessary stuff and carrying it twice around the world. But there\u2019s no reason to stop mixing ourselves, mixing our musics, litterature and cuisines into a big mess, and human culture should be a big mess.<\/p>\n<p>In Europe and in Asia, may be not so much in the US because they had it before, what is happening is the exact opposite, cultural nationalism and the stupid idea that we are different and we should cherish this difference, may be even be \u00ab\u00a0proud\u00a0\u00bb of it &#8211; pride is always stupid. History has shown that when people get proud of themselves, they stop mixing with others, they stop knowing others, and it always ends with war.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Health and ecological crises are world issues and can only have global answers. They should be an opportunity to discuss, to build the first draft of a world government. What is happening is the exacty opposite. And I\u2019m not interested in living in a \u00ab proud \u00bb (meaning stupid) franco-french France.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>En reprenant mes recherches sur les licornes pour en faire un essai, je me suis un peu int\u00e9ress\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019humour et aux gags apparaissant dans l\u2019iconographie du Moyen-\u00c2ge et de la Renaissance, et qui ne sont pas bien diff\u00e9rents de &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2020\/07\/14\/11629\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-11629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-politics"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s2HNOP-11629","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11629"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11643,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11629\/revisions\/11643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}