Liberal-libertarian

libéral-libertaire

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Dominique Pagani presents the liberal-libertarian as a critical concept coined by Michel Clouscard, who first spoke of "libertarian social democracy"1. The term does not yet appear in 1976, but Clouscard already describes there the alliance of liberals and leftists2, which he then called "Freudo-Marxism"3. In his view, liberal and libertarian are too close to form a dialectical opposition: they ally against Gaullism and communism4. He sums up its logic this way: repressive for the producer, permissive for the consumer5. Liberalism accepts in it a pseudo-emancipation, reduced to the individual fulfilment of the neo-petty bourgeois. The term is later taken up as a positive label6. He applies it to May 68, a societal rather than social movement that scorns demands about wages and pensions7. He also illustrates it with Cohn-Bendit and Pompidou, who have the same standard of living but not the same way of life, and with the "bourgeois-bohemian"8. He adds that this market of desire excludes the working class.

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Cycle 12 · 2 May 2024Neo-fascism and the ideology of desire: Clouscard, as relevant as ever

8:08A concept still absent in 1976: Clouscard already sees the same conglomerate of liberals and leftists.
39:38"Freudo-Marxism" is what Clouscard will later call the liberal-libertarians.

Cycle 12 · 22 Dec 2023Birth and carnage: the Massacre of the Innocents

1:38:45Concept coined by Clouscard: liberal and libertarian are too close to be dialectical, allied against Gaullism and communism.

Series · 3 Jan 2023Why is Clouscard indispensable?

4:46The liberal-libertarian '68, societal and not social, scorns wage and pension demands, dismissed as "sectional."
8:04Before coining this phrase, Clouscard spoke of libertarian social democracy.

Cycle 5.2 · 26 May 2019#5.7 Nature or landscape?

1:03:30Clouscard's concept: Cohn-Bendit and Pompidou form a single entity, same standard of living but not the same way of life; recuperation of the struggles of '68.

Series · 29 Jan 2012Everything is allowed but nothing is possible: Michel Clouscard (2)

0:19Clouscard's critical concept: liberalism accommodates a pseudo-emancipation reduced to the individual fulfillment of the neo-petty bourgeoisie; it is later taken up as a positive label.

Series · 29 Jan 2012Everything is allowed but nothing is possible: Michel Clouscard (1)

1:45A repressive ideal for the producer, a permissive one for the consumer.
46:33Today's "bourgeois-bohemian": bourgeois refers to liberal, bohemian to libertarian.