Chapoutot

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani sees Johann Chapoutot as the foremost expert on the German archives of the Third Reich, and the greatest specialist on these archives writing in French. In his view, this documentary work is irreplaceable: the philosopher needs it to move forward on solid ground12. From La Révolution culturelle nazie he takes the scale of the Nazis' cultural work, which turns the Greeks into Germanic people and makes nature the supreme value3. From Libres d'obéir he also takes the point that Nazi management is liberal and hostile to the state. The Nazis regard the Jacobin state as an enemy and want to replace it with agencies, which in his view is enough to ruin the notion of totalitarianism45. He nonetheless points to Chapoutot's limits: Chapoutot is said to be ideologically vague, does not name the communists among the regime's enemies, and is unaware that the law of blood runs counter to Hegel. Above all, he consistently criticises him for denying that Heidegger was a Nazi, which he attributes to the French school in which his generation grew up6.

1. 1"La parole est la meilleure et la pire des choses" (Esope)19 Oct 2022 · 36:08
2. 2"La parole est la meilleure et la pire des choses" (Esope)19 Oct 2022 · 38:55
3. 3Popper (Karl)3 Dec 2019 · 39:20
4. 4Guerre, néo-fascisme : le libéralisme-libertaire3 Mar 2023 · 17:36
5. 5Le retour du fascisme4 Feb 2026 · 32:55
6. 6"La parole est la meilleure et la pire des choses" (Esope)19 Oct 2022 · 42:36

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