F.-A. Demetz et la colonie agricole de Mettray: entre réformisme "romantique" et injonctions administratives

• Autores: Éric Pierre
• Localización: Paedagogica Historica: International journal of the history of education, ISSN 0030-9230, Vol. 38, Nº. 2-3, 2002 (Ejemplar dedicado a: DOERS: PHILANTHROPISTS AND BUREAUCRATS IN THE 19TH CENTURY: VIEWS ON EDUCATION AND SOCIETY, COMMUNICATION, COLLABORATION), págs. 451-466
• Idioma: francés
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• Resumen

  • The F.-A. Demetz's example, one of the most well-known prison reformers, is representative of the evolution of the relations between State and private initiative in France. For most of the people, the creation of the penitentiary agricultural colony of Mettray by F.-A. Demetz is a model. F.-A. Demetz belongs to the tradition of prison reformers, men or women coming from charitable societies, and acting mostly by charity and pity. Far to be a thinker, he is a �doer�. He also wants to be a pedagogue.

    Mettray symbolises the triumph of the private initiative. But as soon as Mettray opened or only after a few months running, much of the colony organisation was modified. There are very important differences between Demetz� s plans and the colony opening in 1839. For example, the repressive rules were strengthened. The family-like organisation was changed into a more military one. Demetz had to comply with the administration's will to obtain its support.

    This paper will allow us to understand the relations between reformers and the penitentiary administration.