Saving Democracy
From isolated news events to social phenomena: media emotion, perceptions of insecurity, punitive demands and their consequences for democratic debate.
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Articles and archives
Reading a journey through ideas
The original blog is in French. This English page reorganizes the archive by question and provides English summaries. As full translations are produced, English versions can be added directly here.
Translation principle: the French text remains the reference version.
English versions are translated separately and checked so that the argument is not silently rewritten.
First selection
Some entry points into the archive
The links below lead to the original French articles until complete English editions are available.
Opening Politics to Philosophy and Research
Energy, consciousness, provisional truth, knowledge, self-interested solidarity, capitalism and the accounting framework converge in this pivotal text.
Read the French original →What Are We, With Our Aggressiveness?
Aggressiveness considered as a capacity for action necessary to living beings, distinct from violence produced and organized through cultural structures.
Read the French original →The Pack Is Not Where It Is Said to Be
A political text connected to the broader inquiry into contemporary power, information and collective judgement.
Read the French original →France Pregnant with a Dictatorship
An older milestone in the development of the inquiry into democracy, surveillance, authority and civil liberties.
Read the French original →There Is No Government, Only Communicators Surfing the News
An early reflection on the relationship between government, political communication and permanent reaction to current events.
Read the French original →The French blog remains the complete archive
This page does not replace the original blog. It gradually selects, organizes and translates texts that contribute to the current project.