Nicolas Hulot

Summary

Dominique Pagani mentions Nicolas Hulot as a figure of media ecology, and treats him in a critical and often ironic tone. He first points to a contradiction: Hulot is one of those who criticize consumption while consuming a great deal. He uses far more water than Pagani himself, in his hotels and jacuzzis12. He also dwells on his documentaries, which show peoples supposedly living in harmony with nature3. In them Hulot films paradises while explaining that we have spoiled them. In a session devoted to overexploitation, he remarks that Hulot will not contradict the mothers who look for low prices4. Finally, he calls him the "Zarathustra of TF1," who issues an ultimatum to humankind5. Across the six years covered by the passages, his position stays the same: he sees Hulot as the moralist of an idealized nature, whose discourse does not match his own way of life.

1. 1C for Consumption17 Dec 2014 · 5:02
2. 2On Marx6 Oct 2018 · 27:00
3. 3Hegel on the Beach 4/52 Feb 2016 · 2:20:26
4. 4“What threatens societies are the men and women who benefit from the exploitation of others”12 Mar 2019 · 2:35:27
5. 5#15 Return to the logics of the subject23 Jul 2020 · 22:58

Summary produced automatically from 6 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.