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1964

1964: Ideological Defense of Duvalierism: Jean M.

1964: Ideological Defense of Duvalierism: Jean M. Fourcand compiled the Catéchisme de la révolution, which proclaimed President Duvalier as the living embodiment of the nation’s five founding fathers. This publication sought to institutionalize a state mythology where loyalty to the leader was framed as a religious duty. Significance: Shows how authoritarian regimes invest heavily in narrative construction and moral propaganda.(Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, 233)( Michel-Rolph Trouillot, Haiti: State Against Nation (1990) p198-199) Nuance: Trouillot highlights the failure of this discourse to resonate deeply. The regime’s discourse never fully penetrated the humanitarian core of Haitian moral reasoning.