
State Anti-Intellectualism and the Politics of Gender and Race
Illiberal France and Beyond
Eric Fassin(Author)
Central European University Press
Published on 20. March 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-963-386-667-2 (ISBN)
Description
Eric Fassin examines the trend of State anti-intellectualism in France using the nation as a case study to demonstrate that this tendency is not limited to ostensibly illiberal regimes. He argues that today's world requires an examination of this phenomenon beyond Cold War geopolitical divisions and highlights a global shift towards authoritarian neoliberalism. His book is a plea for the political urgency of intellectual work in a global moment of political anti-intellectualism.
The book covers the period from President Sarkozy to Prime Minister Valls and includes both firsthand and public cases of attacks against academics, not only in France, but also in Brazil, Hungary, Russia, Turkey, and the United States, with examples of State racism and the argument of the State against antiracism. The book also considers issues of censorship and cancel culture, concluding with Fassin's firsthand account of attacks on him from the far-right.
The book covers the period from President Sarkozy to Prime Minister Valls and includes both firsthand and public cases of attacks against academics, not only in France, but also in Brazil, Hungary, Russia, Turkey, and the United States, with examples of State racism and the argument of the State against antiracism. The book also considers issues of censorship and cancel culture, concluding with Fassin's firsthand account of attacks on him from the far-right.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Budapest
Hungary
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Academic
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
213 gr
ISBN-13
978-963-386-667-2 (9789633866672)
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State Anti-Intellectualism and the Politics of Gender and Race
Illiberal France and Beyond
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Person
Eric Fassin is professor of sociology and gender studies at Paris 8 University (Vincennes-Saint-Denis), and in 2021 also became a senior member of the Institut Universitaire de France. He is now affiliated with the research center Sophiapol (Nanterre University).
Content
Introduction: Anti-Intellectualism and the Politics of Truth, Chapter 1: Anti-Academic Politics, Chapter 2: Censorship and Cancel Culture, Chapter 3: The Return of Race, Chapter 4: Anti-Racism and the State, Conclusion: Democracy and the Intersectional Politics of Mourning, Epilogue: In the First Person, Notes, About the author, Index