Read more To make a “left-wing anti-wokeism” heard, such was the intention of sociologist Nathalie Heinich during the last session of the seminar “Violence and Dogma” by political scientist Gilles Kepel at the Ecole Normale Supérieure. According to her, there is an urgent need to “reclaim the anti-woke fight, currently monopolized by the right and the extreme right”. The event was held on May 31 in an end-of-school atmosphere, but nevertheless met with some success. About a hundred people were gathered in a packed room, with an audience that mainly included graying heads, as well as a few students. The holder of the Middle East-Mediterranean chair was neglecting Muslim societies for the occasion and had invited Nathalie Heinich to come and present her new essay, Le wokisme serait-il un totalitarisme? (Albin Michel, 198 pages, 16,90 euros), This session represented, as Gilles Kepel explained in his few introductory sentences, a way of "mixing idea and action". "Totalitarianism of atmosphere" This intention was reflected in the choice of guests, the main discussant being Laurent Joffrin, former director of Libération and Le Nouvel Observateur, now director of the online daily Le Journal, a site that intends to "give the left a compass". Bernard Rougier, professor at the Sorbonne-Nouvelle University, author of Les Territoires conquis de l'islamisme (PUF, 2021) had also been invited to participate in the discussions. Nathalie Heinich began her speech by affirming her desire to "defend the values of the republican, universalist, secular, rationalist left". This foundation would today be weakened by the attacks of a woke camp, very present in the university, notably in gender and postcolonial studies, but also within society – the #metoo movement would be an incarnation of it. This left, carrying out legitimate fights, would nevertheless seek to silence the adversary by intimidation maneuvers, what has been called “cancel culture”. The phenomenon would have taken on such magnitude that wokeism would have installed a “totalitarianism of atmosphere”, according to Nathalie Heinich, a formula inspired by the “jihadism of atmosphere” that Gilles Kepel uses to describe a diffuse Islamism not supported by any organization. The totalitarian dimension of the woke movement would come from a propensity for censorship, a primacy of ideology over truth and an identitarianism that assigns each person a community of belonging. You have 53.53% of this article left to read. The rest is reserved for subscribers.
To make a "left-wing anti-wokism" heard, such was the intention of sociologist Nathalie Heinich during the last session of the seminar "Violence and dogma" by political scientist Gilles Kepel at the Ecole Normale Supérieure. According to her, there is an urgent need to "recover the anti-woke fight, for now captured by the right and the far right ».
The event was held on May 31st in an end-of-school atmosphere, but it was nevertheless quite successful. About a hundred people were gathered in a packed room, with an audience that consisted mostly of gray-haired people, as well as a few students.
The holder of the Middle East-Mediterranean chair left aside Muslim societies for the occasion and invited Nathalie Heinich to come and present her new essay, Is Wokeism Totalitarianism? (Albin Michel, 198 pages, 16,90 euros), This session represented, as Gilles Kepel explained in his few introductory sentences, a way of "mixing idea and action".
"Atmospheric totalitarianism"
This intention was reflected in the choice of guests, the main discussant being Laurent Joffrin, former director of Libération and Nouvel Observateur, now director of the online daily The Journal, a site that hears "give the left a compass". Bernard Rougier, professor at the Sorbonne-Nouvelle University, author of The conquered territories of Islamism (PUF, 2021) was also invited to participate in the discussions.
Nathalie Heinich began her speech by affirming her desire to “defend the values of the republican, universalist, secular, rationalist left”This foundation would today be weakened by the attacks of a woke camp, very present at the university, notably in gender and postcolonial studies, but also within the company – the #metoo movement would be an incarnation of this. This left, carrying out legitimate fights, would nevertheless seek to silence the adversary by intimidation maneuvers, what was called the “cancel culture”.
The phenomenon would have taken on such magnitude that wokeism would have installed a "atmospheric totalitarianism", according to Nathalie Heinich, a formula inspired by the "atmospheric jihadism" that Gilles Kepel uses to describe a diffuse Islamism not supported by any organization. The totalitarian dimension of the woke movement would come from a propensity for censorship, a primacy of ideology over truth and an identitarianism that assigns each person a community of belonging.
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