Aurélien Barrau

Summary

Dominique Pagani first mentions Aurélien Barrau in connection with the model of nature conveyed by the dominant ideology1. In 2019 he compares him with Pablo Servigne: Barrau seems to him more "convulsed", but he grants that he is a leading researcher2. What he objects to at that point is Barrau's call for unpopular measures, which he finds terrifying; in his view, nothing is more totalitarian than this discourse34. From 2020 on, he mainly returns to a thesis he attributes to Barrau: the fall of man, or the start of decline, would begin as early as hunting and gathering, which would already be a form of predation5. He sees in this a "delusional imaginary sliding of the cursor" and a nostalgia for Mother Gaia67. He also points out that an astrophysicist relies on his scientific competence to pronounce on this subject8, and he speaks of it in an ironic tone5.

1. 1#5.2 The philosopher's Odyssey: revolutionary thought21 Nov 2018 · 18:19
2. 2“What threatens societies are the men and women who benefit from the exploitation of others”12 Mar 2019 · 58:04
3. 3“What threatens societies are the men and women who benefit from the exploitation of others”12 Mar 2019 · 1:14:48
4. 4“What threatens societies are the men and women who benefit from the exploitation of others”12 Mar 2019 · 2:34:06
5. 5From the debauchery of sense to the orgy of sentiment29 May 2023 · 7:25
6. 6#4 Benefits and harms of amnesia…13 Nov 2020 · 47:27
7. 7#8 Benefits and harms of amnesia…10 Dec 2020 · 1:04:38
8. 8Worldliness in Clouscard, or privileges for all18 May 2023 · 1:37:36

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