Bulletin n. 1/2012
June 2012
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Stenger Nicolas
    Denis de Rougemont et l’écologie: une crise spirituelle d’abord
    in Ecologie et politique , n. 44 - Penser l’écologie politique en France au XXe siècle, mars ,  2012 ,  55-66
    Prominent essayist since Love and the Western World published in 1939, European activist after the World War II, in 1970s-1980s Denis de Rougemont became a strong supporter of environmental causes. Today he is considered as a pioneer of ecology, as well as Bertrand de Jouvenel, Jaques Ellul, Bernard Charbonneau and Ivan Illich. While the federalist movements born after the war were fading away, Rougemont reinvested his commitment to a united Europe and to mobilize the younger generations by the way of the ecological struggle. Chairman of the association Ecoropa, founder member of the Groupe de Bellerive, Rougemont wanted to give prominence to a regional and federal European organisation beyond the Common Market. In his last major essay on political philosophy published in 1977, L’avenir est notre affaire, Rougemont detailed the parameters of the ecological crisis, creating an important part of the theoretical and ethical basis of the Green Movement in Switzerland and France. Our objective is to outline his major ideas and thoughts as well as the circumstances of his commitment.
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