Anthropological training

Summary

Dominique Pagani approaches anthropological training (dressage anthropologique) through Michel Clouscard, in particular through "Tout est permis mais rien n'est possible". He stresses that Clouscard does not stop at a critique of spectacle: he describes a training that is inscribed in the body itself, in the form of a mechanical animation1. This training begins in childhood and lies in the very way of consuming. You press a button and everything seems to work on its own, so the child learns to consume without knowing anything of the labour that makes it possible23. Mass music is the main example. For him, its repetitive binary beat is a conditioning that comes from above, reaches into the subject's intimacy and subjects it to the order of repetition45. He presents it as a mechanism of the capitalism of seduction linked to May 68, as Clouscard analyses it. The passages from 2012 and 2021 point in the same direction.

1. 1Everything is allowed but nothing is possible: Michel Clouscard (1)29 Jan 2012 · 24:33
2. 2Everything is allowed, nothing is possible! Michel Clouscard, May 68 and the capitalism of seduction14 Jul 2021 · 34:22
3. 3Everything's allowed, but nothing is possible! Michel Clouscard, May 68, French theory and capitalism14 Jul 2021 · 34:22
4. 4Everything's allowed, but nothing is possible! Michel Clouscard, May 68, French theory and capitalism14 Jul 2021 · 35:10
5. 5Everything is allowed, nothing is possible! Michel Clouscard, May 68 and the capitalism of seduction14 Jul 2021 · 35:12

Summary produced automatically from 5 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.