Bernard Bourgeois

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani speaks of Bernard Bourgeois as his former research supervisor1, whom he describes as a "right-wing" Hegelian, even a "Gaullist right-wing" one. He praises him as a translator of Hegel: he considers his translation of the Science of Logic the best2 and his translation of the Phenomenology very precise3, and he recalls that Bourgeois devoted his life to the Encyclopaedia and the Logic. He credits him with putting the early Marx on the agrégation syllabus4 and with speaking affectionately of Jacques D'Hondt. He also mentions sessions they shared, notably an evening devoted to the critique of the Frankfurt School, and a session in which Bourgeois was to act as Losurdo's opponent. He nevertheless disputes some of his positions. To the criticism that Marx remained stuck in essence and the negative, he replies that only the result counts5. Above all, he reproaches him for placing freedom before equality, which in his view goes against the most elementary dialectics, since freedom without equality remains empty67.

1. 110#7 L'éco-nazillonisme "post-moderne" - Le Gorgias de Platon23 Dec 2021 · 1:17:44
2. 2Mann (Thomas)23 Oct 2019 · 49:26
3. 310#2 Dialectiques de l'identité et de la différence6 Oct 2021 · 7:59
4. 49 #23 "C'est réglé comme du papier à musique !" • Bach • Nerval • Lévi-Strauss9 Jun 2021 · 34:25
5. 5Rencontre Dominique Pagani - Bernard Friot - 1er Juin 201812 Jun 2018 · 1:54:56
6. 6#15 Nietzsche : Pertinence philosophique ou musicale ? Réponses aux questions23 Jun 2022 · 27:59
7. 7La sécurité : Est-ce le conservatisme ou la Révolution ? - Dominique Pagani12 Jul 2022 · 7:07

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