People

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani first defines the people in political terms: it is the one that recognizes itself in the contract, that is an actor and founding member of it, and not the one that merely submits to it1. According to him, since the French Revolution the people has brought together all who recognize themselves in the general will, whatever their origins or their colours2. He distinguishes it from the crowd, which is only a plurality3. For him a people is neither a heap of stones nor a pack. Nor should it be unanimist, since lynching happens against a background of unanimism4. From this comes the adjective "popular", which refers to the expression of a specific people, in a geographical place and a historical moment5. About Dominique Memmi's novel, he also speaks of the common people of Ajaccio, sons of fishermen and shepherds. The book gives them an existence, against the cliché of the Corsican thug6. He notes that a reluctance prevents people from speaking of them, as if these common people were not worthy of great literature7.

1. 1P comme Peuple30 Dec 2014 · 6:49
2. 2P comme Peuple30 Dec 2014 · 12:55
3. 3L'île du Peuple : le débat23 Jun 2015 · 4:24
4. 4L'île du Peuple : le débat23 Jun 2015 · 47:47
5. 5P comme Peuple30 Dec 2014 · 4:49
6. 6Le voyage de la fanfare - de Dominique Memmi6 Dec 2019 · 6:55
7. 7Le voyage de la fanfare - de Dominique Memmi6 Dec 2019 · 1:29:30

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