Jaurès

Summary

Dominique Pagani mainly brings up Jaurès to distinguish the socialist tradition he represents from today's socialism. He repeats that Jaurès's Socialist Party is something other than Mitterrand's or the current PS1, and that Jaurès would never have belonged to "that kind of socialism"2. He associates his name with the sincere electorate of social democracy and with a tradition he does not want to insult. He quotes two of his sayings: "a little patriotism leads away from internationalism, a great deal leads back to it"3, and "capitalism carries war as the cloud carries the storm", which he links to the spirit of the CNR programme4. On the philosophical side, he credits him with restoring the image of Hegelianism in France by emphasising the social liberalism of Hegel's thought on the State5. He also mentions Carmaux, where Michel Clouscard's father was a miner, as "Jaurès country", and comments on an article that prefers Jaurès to Marx because of his national attachment.

1. 1Who is hiding beneath the surfaces? Aesthetics and politics20 May 2022 · 12:06
2. 2Neither left nor right? Islamo-leftism?17 Oct 2023 · 1:25:04
3. 3Tonight, we repoliticise (part 2)31 Mar 2018 · 41:19
4. 4Everything is allowed, nothing is possible! Michel Clouscard, May 68 and the capitalism of seduction14 Jul 2021 · 7:59
5. 5The Phenomenology of Spirit2 Jul 2018 · 14:24

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