State Anti-Intellectualism and the Politics of Gender and Race
Illiberal France and Beyond
Published on 20. March 2024
192 pages
978-963-386-668-9 (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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English
Place of publication
Budapest
Hungary
Target group
Professional and scholarly
File size
0,95 MB
ISBN-13
978-963-386-668-9 (9789633866689)
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Eric Fassin
State Anti-Intellectualism and the Politics of Gender and Race
Illiberal France and Beyond
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03/2024
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Content
Introduction: Anti-Intellectualism and the Politics of Truth
Chapter 1: Anti-Academic Politics
Introduction 1: Against "gender theory"
Introduction 2: International solidarity
Chapter 2: Censorship and Cancel Culture
Introduction 1: The politics of censorship
Introduction 2: The polemic against "cancel culture"
Chapter 3: The Return of Race
Introduction 1: Racism and the state
Introduction 2: The racial question
Chapter 4: Anti-Racism and the State
Introduction 1: From racism to anti-racism, and back
Introduction 2: The politics of definition
Conclusion: Democracy and the Intersectional Politics of Mourning
Epilogue: In the First Person
Notes
About the author
Index
Chapter 1: Anti-Academic Politics
Introduction 1: Against "gender theory"
Introduction 2: International solidarity
Chapter 2: Censorship and Cancel Culture
Introduction 1: The politics of censorship
Introduction 2: The polemic against "cancel culture"
Chapter 3: The Return of Race
Introduction 1: Racism and the state
Introduction 2: The racial question
Chapter 4: Anti-Racism and the State
Introduction 1: From racism to anti-racism, and back
Introduction 2: The politics of definition
Conclusion: Democracy and the Intersectional Politics of Mourning
Epilogue: In the First Person
Notes
About the author
Index
