Ideology of desire

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani links the ideology of desire to Michel Clouscard, particularly to Tout est permis mais rien n'est possible. He warns against a misreading: Clouscard does not put desire itself on trial, but a discourse about desire1. He is not, Pagani specifies, a puritan2. This ideology refers to a discourse with emancipatory pretensions, which he compares to the "desiring machines" and which is addressed to the new upstarts3. He describes it as the way the dominant discourse filters desire until it is impoverished4. The legitimate infinity of desire is thus reduced to trinkets. He connects this discourse to consumption. For him, consumption presented as emancipatory is a submission to neo-capitalism. It remains marginal because it is selective, reserved for the petty bourgeoisie5. In 2024, he relates this theme to neo-fascism and to current political events.

1. 1Attention aux contresens !! Clouscard et l'idéologie du désir, en hommage au Précepteur14 Jan 2023 · 8:28
2. 2Néo-fascisme et idéologie du désir - Clouscard d'actualité (cf propos Ultra bellicistes de Macron)2 May 2024 · 15:51
3. 3Tout est permis mais rien n'est possible - Michel Clouscard - 129 Jan 2012 · 42:05
4. 4Attention aux contresens !! Clouscard et l'idéologie du désir, en hommage au Précepteur14 Jan 2023 · 35:14
5. 5Néo-fascisme et idéologie du désir - Clouscard d'actualité (cf propos Ultra bellicistes de Macron)2 May 2024 · 34:43

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