Words

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani approaches words from the angle of what they do to those who use them. He argues that changing someone's vocabulary changes that person's profile. He holds that words have never been so loaded, and that the far right thrives on this vagueness1. For him, perversion lies in the words themselves, and exposing it is a form of resistance open to everyone2. In 2016, in the session devoted to Helen Keller, he takes up the idea in another form: the ills of the city are expressed in the words of the city, and the sickness shows itself as a symptom in language3. He gives examples. "Laxity" and "failure" presuppose that the goal being pursued was the right one4. Even the most innocent words are traps: saying that the tool "extends" the organ hides the fact that the tool counteracts it5. From one session to the next, examining vocabulary serves him both as diagnosis and as resistance.

1. 1#5 Libéralisme-libertaire, consommation libidinale et musique...27 Sept 2014 · 30:21
2. 2#5 Libéralisme-libertaire, consommation libidinale et musique...27 Sept 2014 · 33:02
3. 3Keller (Helen)15 Feb 2016 · 25:44
4. 4Keller (Helen)15 Feb 2016 · 32:55
5. 5Keller (Helen)15 Feb 2016 · 1:09:46

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