Onfray

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani mostly cites Michel Onfray as a counter-example. He calls him the "seaside philosopher" of hedonism, heard in the summer on France Culture12. He places him among the post-Nietzscheans and the heirs of the Nietzschean vulgate, says he makes a "villainous" use of Nietzsche, and sets his Nietzsche against the Nietzsche of the documents3. He criticises him for an anti-philosophy that ignores the philosophers, sets aside Hegel and Plato, and warms over La Mettrie4. He notes that this hedonism remains gloomy and accusatory. He also counts him among the naive neo-Spinozists and among those who teach that we are all determined. He often comes back to his case against Freud, presented as a charlatan, which he considers a caricature56. On the political level, he finds his positions acceptable but grounded in a liberal-libertarian philosophy. He criticises him for turning Clouscard into a mere critic of consumption7 and points out his confusionism about the communists.

1. 1Hegel Plage 1/51 Feb 2016 · 2:21:20
2. 2Argent, travail, liberté3 Aug 2019 · 6:53
3. 3"Je est un autre" ou l'identité contradictoire12 Dec 2023 · 1:40:35
4. 4Musicosophie 1. Schubert et les maîtres chanteurs3 Dec 2020 · 42:59
5. 5#6.1-1/2 - Prélude • D.Pagani / Lacan : Fonction et champs de la parole et du langage10 Nov 2019 · 49:07
6. 6NOTRE ANCIENNE SAUVAGERIE ? - Lecture à vif d'une illumination d'Arthur Rimbaud13 Jun 2025 · 30:39
7. 7Au bistrot avec Pagani : partie 118 Jun 2016 · 25:01

Summary produced automatically from 47 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.