Monsieur Jourdain

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani uses Monsieur Jourdain mainly through the phrase "speaking prose without knowing it", which he often takes up in order to reverse it: we, for our part, make poetry without knowing it, since we make poetry as soon as we speak123. He links this reversal to metaphor, which is present in ordinary language without speakers noticing4, and also to myth and Greek music5. He also notes the naivety with which the character discovers the separation between prose and verse: for him, whatever is not prose is verse, and the genres remain separate67. He also applies the phrase polemically to other groups: anthropologists are said to be Marxists without knowing it8, and ecologists Malthusians without knowing it9. Lastly, he mentions a Planchon production in which Jourdain comes on stage carrying his shopping baskets10.

1. 1Mythologie et Vérité8 Aug 2015 · 21:50
2. 2#2.4 Entre crise et guerre : Philosopher ?10 Mar 2016 · 1:11:33
3. 3«Rouges-bruns», «décolonial» : Faut-il utiliser la langue dominante ? • Q&A Philosophique • Pagani31 Mar 2021 · 32:54
4. 4M comme Musique27 Dec 2014 · 11:37
5. 5Musicosophie 7. Les Grecs, le mythe et la musique17 Dec 2020 · 29:24
6. 6Au bistrot avec Pagani : partie 118 Jun 2016 · 43:24
7. 7#5.1 bis FaceBook Live / Questions2 Nov 2018 · 40:21
8. 8H comme Hegel22 Dec 2014 · 9:33
9. 9Les Veaux et les choses (3) : La dictature du bobotariat6 Oct 2020 · 16:51
10. 10NÉOFASCISME ET IDÉOLOGIE DU DÉSIR : Michel CLOUSCARD toujours d'actualité ? - avec Dominique PAGANI23 May 2026 · 1:46:34

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