Jean Psichari, the Renan legacy’s great absentee

There are very few cases where Jean Psichari spoke of Ernest Renan and wrote about the scientific and literary work of his father-in-law, and what is more striking is that he contributed nothing to his spiritual legacy. This paper, presented on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the Société des Études renaniennes, founded and supported by his daughters, therefore aims to study the role of Jean Psichari on this point within Renan’s family during Renan’s lifetime and after his death.