A government without a parliamentary majority, a prime minister who is a member of a right-wing party that rejected the republican front, a left divided and distanced from power after coming first in the legislative elections, an extreme right as an arbiter and lying in wait that imposes its issues on the public space: the current political confusion leads progressive intellectuals to try to understand this period of ideological confusion.
The philosopher and professor at the Polytechnic School, Michaël Fœssel, has just published, together with the sociologist Etienne Ollion, A strange victory. The extreme right against politics (Seuil, 192 pages, 19 euros), a work that deciphers the way in which “The language of the extreme right has contaminated public debate”. Director of studies at the School of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences, published by the philosopher Bruno Karsenti us, the other Europeans (PUF, 200 pages, 16 euros), a dialogue with the sociologist Bruno Latour during which he develops a political philosophy of Europe that fights against “neonationalisms”. Magazine Member konline publication whose articles focus on “Jews, Europe and the 21st centurymy century “also directed The end of an illusion (PUF, 216 pages, 16 euros), collective work on “Israel and the West since October 7 [2023] ». For the worldThe two thinkers of emancipation compare their analyzes of the political recomposition in progress and open avenues of reflection to escape the reactionary routine.
Is the “republican front” that manifested itself during the legislative elections (June 30 and July 7) nothing more than a resurgence in the form of a respite before the arrival of the extreme right to power in France?
Bruno Karsenti : The great current danger in Europe and in the world is that of the rise of the most aggressive nationalisms. This is a big failure. We thought the relevant political conflict was between progressivism and neoliberalism, and we see nationalist reactions developing everywhere. european elections [le 9 juin] They have confirmed this trend, but they have unleashed a positive dynamic, and that is what I would like us to see, because that is what we can build on. The high participation rate was in itself good news: it is between the nation and Europe that questions must be asked and resolved, if we are to counter nationalism. These elections were a moment of repoliticization, during which public opinion was finally able to become aware of the impossibility of prolonging the liberalism of the Macron era and the need to recompose a left where social democracy takes shape.
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