Michéa

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani most often links Michéa to the commonplace "things were better before", which he cites with more or less nuance depending on the session. He attributes to him a regret for the loss of the substantial bond of the old communities1. In 2016, he warns against a reading that would reduce him to that formula, while noting a nostalgia among his readers2. In 2021, he judges that he is "not an idiot", but that he lets people believe that all misfortunes come from progress3. Later, he places him, simplifying, among the elders who say things were better before4. He also situates him in relation to Clouscard. Participants describe him as trained in the Communist Party of the 1970s, taking up Clouscard's conceptual work but returning to feudal socialism5. In the debate with Lordon, he notes that Lordon devotes long polemical pages to Michéa and places Clouscard alongside him as a critic of consumer society6.

1. 1#1.8 Entre crise et guerre : Philosopher ?28 Jan 2016 · 1:39:09
2. 2Au bistrot avec Pagani : partie 118 Jun 2016 · 32:09
3. 3Monde d'avant, Monde d'après - 2e partie16 Jan 2021 · 47:47
4. 4NÉOFASCISME ET IDÉOLOGIE DU DÉSIR : Michel CLOUSCARD toujours d'actualité ? - avec Dominique PAGANI23 May 2026 · 50:04
5. 5Avec Clouscard2 Aug 2016 · 59:47
6. 6« DOIT-ON SAUVER LE SOLDAT LORDON ? » - Postface de la réédition par Delga du livre Néo-fascisme et idéologie du désir par de Michel Clouscard1 Aug 2017 · 5:30

Summary produced automatically from 9 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.