Anthropological

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani defines the anthropological point of view within a triad that he traces back to Rousseau: for naturalism, nature makes man; for the theological point of view, God makes man; for the anthropological point of view, man makes man1. He presents this third term as the synthesis of the first two, which he dismisses on equal terms2, and links it to Marx3. In his view, this point of view rests on nothing already given. It is materialist without reducing matter to nature, since man forms himself by informing nature4. From this he concludes that man does not have a history, he is history5. What is properly anthropological is what goes beyond the vital minimum: burials, cave paintings, meals, fasting, the Sunday tablecloth6. He adds to this distance from nature, artifice and thought. He also places migration under this dimension, which he regards as the normal state of a species that has never fully left nature. Finally, he calls liberalism and fascism anthropological aberrations.

1. 1Que faire ? 1/329 Jan 2016 · 32:28
2. 2#1.8 Entre crise et guerre : Philosopher ?28 Jan 2016 · 1:31:07
3. 3L comme Liberté26 Dec 2014 · 6:15
4. 4#4 • Les Attelé(e)s de la confinitude11 Apr 2020 · 24:58
5. 5#5.2 L’Odyssée du philosophe : La pensée révolutionnaire21 Nov 2018 · 1:30:52
6. 6Flagrandélices27 May 2025 · 1:41:22

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