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Christophe de Voogd: ““ The day after ”: Saint-Simon 2.0 in power?”

2020-04-12T19:16:06.463Z


TRIBUNE - The president's true source of inspiration is not liberalism but Saint-Simonism, argues the historian, who teaches political rhetoric at Sciences Po.


Normalien, agrégé and doctor of history, Christophe de Voogd is notably the author of "Reform: what discourse to convince?" (Fondapol, 2017).

The idea - exposed in these columns from June 2017 - that the Saint-Simonian doctrine is the true source of inspiration for Emmanuel Macron was reinforced by the beginnings of the quinquennium. Work, Progress, Circulation, Networks, Science, Industry (understanding all the productive forces), so many Saint-Simonian themes that we find at the heart of the thought and action of the President of the Republic. The Count of Saint-Simon (1760-1825) put the Banque de France at the top of his economic hierarchy, and of his social and political hierarchy, the "bankers, leaders of Producers". Far from seeing the slightest break between the Inspectorate of Finance, the Rothschild Bank and political consecration, he would have welcomed a coherent trajectory, centered on financial "capacity". Mobility already illustrated by the great Saint-Simonians

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