Louis XV

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani mentions Louis XV mainly as a historical reference point: he is the king under whom Choiseul governs1 and the one on the Bourbon throne in Rousseau's time2. He also connects him to Corsica, since it is his armies that crush the Corsicans at Ponte-Novo3. He uses him to describe the decline of the monarchy: under this reign, royalty has lost its prestige4 and the court no longer draws people in. Cultural life moves to the salons and cafés5. He comes back to popular memory, which sometimes confuses Louis XV with Henri IV6. In a session on amnesia, he takes the example of the "Well-Beloved" who became an object of hatred to show that the memory of kings can fade7. Finally, he cites Baudelaire, for whom Louis XV is the product of a recurrence of barbarism8.

1. 1#3 Le mythe du bon sauvage chez Rousseau !23 Sept 2014 · 11:02
2. 2Argent, travail, liberté3 Aug 2019 · 48:54
3. 310#5 La figure d'Antigone, telle qu'en elle-même enfin...24 Nov 2021 · 47:19
4. 4Assemblée nationale24 Oct 2018 · 1:37:11
5. 5Dominique Pagani : De la débauche du sens à l'orgie du sentiment29 May 2023 · 44:03
6. 6Au bistrot avec Pagani : partie 219 Jun 2016 · 7:50
7. 7#5 Bien-et Mé-faits de l'amnésie...19 Nov 2020 · 26:57
8. 8Dominique Pagani : De la débauche du sens à l'orgie du sentiment29 May 2023 · 2:29:18

Summary produced automatically from 8 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.