Revue de synthèse

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The Revue de synthèse (abbreviation: RSyn ) is a French history magazine founded in 1900 by Henri Berr under the name Revue de synthèse historique . Various publishing partners have been involved since it was founded. Today it is distributed both on paper and in electronic form by the French branch of Springer Verlag in Paris.

History of the magazine

Henri Berr founded the Revue de synthèse in 1900 to counteract the negative effects of extreme specialization and the isolation of the various scientific disciplines. The revue became a space for interdisciplinary encounters between philosophers and historians, geographers and sociologists and was soon able to establish itself as a major scientific journal. She played a key role in the development of a new historiography, which was specifically reflected in the publication of the encyclopedic series L'Évolution de l'humanité under the direction of Henri Berr and Lucien Febvre and the Annales d'histoire founded in 1929 by Lucien Febvre and Marc Bloch économique et sociale reflected.

The revue consists of various series, the first of which appeared between 1900 and 1913 and corresponded to Henri Berr's original project. At the same time as the L'Évolution de l'Humanité series was founded, the second series appeared ten years later, from 1913 to 1930. She continued the goals of the Revue de synthèse historique and expanded them to include the debates of the time about the renewal of mathematics and physics, philosophy and the history of science, as well as the development of new directions in the social sciences. The revue became the organ of the foundation “Pour la science” and the Center international de synthèse founded by Henri Berr in 1925 . A few years later it changed again and appeared as the third series from 1931 to 1985 under the title Revue de synthèse .

The revue is still published today under this title. The realignment in 1931 coincided with the founding of the Annales . The Revue de synthèse published from now on philosophical, history of science, social science and humanities work, while the newly formed Annales Contributions from the Economic and social history published. The fourth series, which appeared from 1986 to 2001, was, like the previous series, published in partnership with the publisher Editions Albin Michel . Faced with dwindling certainties in economic and social history, it aimed to revive the history of ideas and the history of science. The initiative came from Jacques Roger , Ernest Coumet and Jean-Claude Perrot. After these 16 years, the revue finally returned to its original question: How can the agenda for history and the social sciences be formulated, taking into account the current requirements of philosophical criticism and the requirements of mathematics, physics and biology? In partnership with the publisher Éditions Rue d'Ulm of the École normal supérieure , a fifth series was published from 2002 to 2006. She continued the long tradition of conscientious and precise research into the encounters between different, but necessarily solidarity, disciplines and the critical inventory of the natural and social sciences. A century after its founding, the Revue de synthèse took stock of the transformations that the relationships between the disciplines have undergone and the specific technical and economic innovations in scientific journalism. In 2007, a sixth series was founded, which is published jointly with Springer-Verlag and continues the journal's work on the international science stage. " We have realized the ideal of a publication, " wrote Henri Berr 10 years after it was founded, " which is constantly renewing itself and is always aware of its effect ."

today

In the self-presentation of the Revue de synthèse , today's activities of the journal are described as follows:

“Thanks to the participation of scholars from France and abroad, the Revue de synthèse now brings together works from intellectual history, epistemology, philosophy, sociology, economic, social, legal and cultural history. Its aim is to initiate reflections at the interface between philosophy, the history of science and general history as well as to promote research and exchange on issues relating to the fundamentals of the social sciences, the renewal of scientific research and the development of new, individual paths for the history of ideas. “

“ To this end, the revue examines the historically dated cognitive activity of scholars, philosophers, rulers or clergy; it integrates the development of the concepts and ideas, in the classic sense of the word, back into their genetic milieu: the anthropological, linguistic, institutional and social environment that enable these concepts and ideas to be expressed and disseminated. In short: the Revue de synthèse attaches particular importance to the history of intellectual work. She tries to shed light on the criteria for the scientific nature of the social sciences. It has a unique position among French and international publications. "

Source: Information from the revue in the French Center national du Livre , distribution by the contractual partners.

More than ever, the Revue de synthèse is building on its own function today in the performance of its mission, against the background of the changing divisions of the disciplines in France and abroad. At the interface between philosophy, history, natural sciences and social sciences, it is a key player in the training of future scientists. Its partnership with the science publisher Springer-Verlag , which has existed since 2007, makes it easier for Revue to get involved on an international level.

According to the editors of the Revue, such innovations are not possible without reflecting on the path that expert knowledge has traveled in the 20th century . Since the beginning of the 1990s, it has therefore vigorously promoted work on the history of science and the history of intellectual work in the last century: by organizing study days, making its archives available at the Institut mémoires de l'édition contemporaine (IMEC) in Normandy, and publication of specialist books as well as the digitization of their corpus carried out together with the French national library Bibliothèque nationale de France .

The Revue de synthèse has been headed by Eric Brian since 1995 . It has been developed since 2007 by an editorial team made up of Laurie Catteuw, Étienne Anheim, Vincent Bontems and Valérie Tesnière (status at the end of 2007). The editorial committee includes Charles Alunni, Claude Blanckaert, Michel Blay, Dominique Bourel, Philippe Boutry, Jean-Pierre Cléro, Jochen Hoock, Dominique Margairaz, Pierre-François Moreau, Jean-Claude Perrot, Dinah Ribard, Olivier Remaud and Jean-Marc Rohrbasser. In the article “ Travail de synthèse et diversité des langues / Synthesis work and diversity of languages ”, which opened issue no. 1 in 2007 and was published in French and English, the perspectives for the sixth series are described.

The Revue de synthèse is published in parallel as an electronic version and as a print medium. Starting with the first edition in 2008, it will be published quarterly and either report on a long-term scientific problem or present a current research topic including additional texts or relevant documents. Critical reviews, research chronicles, summaries, and reviews make up a large part of the journal.

Individual evidence

  1. See program from 1900 . (PDF; 397 kB)
  2. See balance sheet from the year Balance sheet after 10 years . (PDF; 593 kB)
  3. See the announcement of the new series from 1913 ( Memento of the original from July 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . (PDF; 167 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.revue-de-synthese.eu
  4. Pour la Science ( French ) revue-de-synthese.eu. Archived from the original on July 20, 2011. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
  5. See “Au bout de trente ans”, 1931 ( Memento of the original from July 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . (PDF; 291 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.revue-de-synthese.eu
  6. See “Aux lecteurs”, 1986 ( memento of the original from July 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . (PDF; 258 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.revue-de-synthese.eu
  7. See “Aux lecteurs”, 2002 ( memento of the original from January 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . (PDF; 477 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.revue-de-synthese.eu
  8. Publication of the texts in 2004 ( Memento of the original from July 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 207 kB) and 2006 ( memento of the original from July 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . (PDF; 80 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.revue-de-synthese.eu @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.revue-de-synthese.eu
  9. See Presentation, 2007 ( Memento of the original from July 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . (PDF; 179 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.revue-de-synthese.eu
  10. See full legal notice ( Memento of the original from July 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . (PDF; 36 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.revue-de-synthese.eu
  11. Travail de synthèse et diversité des langues / Synthesis work and diversity of languages ( Memento of the original from July 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . (PDF; 179 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.revue-de-synthese.eu
  12. See the one by Henri Berr 1911, 1925, 1931  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. described key elements of the revue.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.revue-de-synthese.eu  

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