2015, January 12th. I have decided to post this piece following the recent events in Paris, in reaction to the general media coverage, but also to many scholars’ and politicians’ comments — in reaction, notably, to a certain use of...
more2015, January 12th. I have decided to post this piece following the recent events in Paris, in reaction to the general media coverage, but also to many scholars’ and politicians’ comments — in reaction, notably, to a certain use of language, and in particular this omnipresent lexicon, “barbarians”, “barbarism”, that I still fail to fully understand…
This text was initially established as a chapter for my PhD thesis, “Violence and legitimacy: an articulation beyond power”. It had to be left out from the final version, because of word-limit constraints. I haven’t modified it in view of this publication. It is a very much unfinished draft, including a lot of rambling, absurdly long footnotes, and sometimes telegraphic notes. It is also a dense, adventurous, and certainly arduous piece of political philosophy, going from Balibar to Derrida and Hegel, Marx & Engels, with references to Foucault, Schmitt, Agamben and Mouffe ; but here it is. I hope this work will trigger comments and reflections. If you have any remarks, questions or criticism, please message me. I am very much looking forward to pursuing this analysis further through any sort of discussion.
