Obama

Summary

Dominique Pagani refers to Barack Obama in brief allusions, mostly when discussing contemporary politics, and never in a sustained reading. He places him among the "people" (celebrity) figures of politics and judges him less progressive than Eisenhower1. He reports that Hollande found him weak and that Obama was pleased to see the French in the front line2. He recalls that Obama positioned ships and missiles facing Syria3 and counts him among the American leaders who were never arrested4. In "Musicosophie 4", he takes him as an example of an "ontologism of colour": people believe he is a democrat because he is Black, whereas he advances masked5. In 2025, he contrasts his election in the United States with ethnic voting in Africa, as part of a reflection on imaginary identity6. He also mentions him in passing in connection with the vegetable garden cited by Servigne: Obama invented nothing7.

1. 1P for People30 Dec 2014 · 5:28
2. 2Radio Galère: Michel Clouscard (2)7 Jul 2012 · 14:32
3. 3Hesitation fascinated by hearing and by sight: Siegfried and Perceval12 Dec 2022 · 1:30:43
4. 4Worldliness in Clouscard: Aragon and the positivity of the negative29 Jun 2023 · 1:33:31
5. 5#4 Sound ghettos3 Dec 2020 · 31:09
6. 6Imaginary identity15 May 2025 · 42:38
7. 7“What threatens societies are the men and women who benefit from the exploitation of others”12 Mar 2019 · 1:30:42

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