War

Summary

Dominique Pagani approaches war from two angles. In his readings of Hegel on the community, he takes up the idea that the government from time to time shakes, through war, the families and private systems that isolate themselves. It thus makes them feel their master, death, and keeps the whole from falling apart. In his view, this function goes beyond the military12. On the historical and political level, he treats war as the effect of crises, as with the Second World War after the crisis of the 1930s. When economic resources are exhausted, war serves to reset the counters to zero34. He argues that Europe is not peace but war, with Yugoslavia and then Ukraine5. He divides humanity between those who have an interest in peace in order to develop and those who need war6. From 2022, and repeatedly up to 2026, he says he has never seen so pressing a danger of war, not even during the Cuban missile crisis. That danger is now one of generalized nuclear war7.

1. 1#10.1 The eternal irony of the community22 Sept 2021 · 48:16
2. 2#10.5 The figure of Antigone, such as into herself at last…24 Nov 2021 · 1:01:26
3. 3#8 Philosophising under threat27 Jan 2022 · 35:45
4. 4#8 Philosophising under threat27 Jan 2022 · 1:12:18
5. 5#1 Presentation: the EU, Clouscard, Rousseau20 Sept 2014 · 14:30
6. 6After the vote: entering a zone of turbulence11 Jul 2024 · 1:43:45
7. 7After the vote: entering a zone of turbulence11 Jul 2024 · 1:32:06

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