Abstract
Two types of nationalism emerge from the French Québec secondary school system between the 1920's and the 1970's. The classical humanities school system, controlled by the clergy, socia lizes its clientèle to a differential nationalism which focuses histo rical singularity on the fusion of ethnic identity, french culture and the catholic religion. This nationalism emphasizes the impor tance of the cultural sphere permeated by religion and relegates the economic sphere to a level of secondary significance. In con trast, the public secondary school system, born out of the initiati ves of the teaching brothers congregations, gives rise to a pragma tic nationalism. It adopts the logic of the technical and scientific approach in order to achieve the deproletarization of the franco phone population and the latter's appropriation of the economic activities within the framework of a french and catholic society. These two nationalism give rise to conflicts between the teaching brothers congregations bolstered by a lower class aspiring to social mobility, and the official Church supported by the ruling bourgeoisie founded on the liberal professions.