Obama

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani refers to Barack Obama in brief allusions, mostly when discussing contemporary politics, and never in a sustained reading. He places him among the "people" (celebrity) figures of politics and judges him less progressive than Eisenhower1. He reports that Hollande found him weak2 and that Obama was pleased to see the French in the front line3. He recalls that Obama positioned ships and missiles facing Syria4 and counts him among the American leaders who were never arrested5. In "Musicosophie 4", he takes him as an example of an "ontologism of colour": people believe he is a democrat because he is Black, whereas he advances masked6. In 2025, he contrasts his election in the United States with ethnic voting in Africa, as part of a reflection on imaginary identity7. He also mentions him in passing in connection with the vegetable garden cited by Servigne: Obama invented nothing8.

1. 1P comme Peuple30 Dec 2014 · 5:28
2. 2Freud1 Aug 2017 · 2:34
3. 3Radio Galère - Michel Clouscard - 27 Jul 2012 · 14:32
4. 4L’hésitation fascinée par l’ouÏe et par la vue : Siegfried et Perceval12 Dec 2022 · 1:30:43
5. 5La mondanité chez Clouscard : Aragon et la positivité du négatif29 Jun 2023 · 1:33:31
6. 6Musicosophie 4. Les ghettos sonores3 Dec 2020 · 31:09
7. 7L'identité imaginaire15 May 2025 · 42:38
8. 8Dominique Pagani : « Ce qui menace les sociétés, ce sont les hommes et femmes bénéficiaires de l’exploitation des autres »12 Mar 2019 · 1:30:42

Summary produced automatically from 9 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.