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Jean-Pierre Le Goff: "The campaign of overbidding and confusion"

2021-11-02T18:34:01.950Z


MAJOR INTERVIEW - The intellectual describes the functioning, which he considers harmful, of the communication “bubble” which influences opinion. And underlines the urgency, for each candidate for the Élysée, to build a credible and coherent project.


Jean-Pierre Le Goff is a sociologist and philosopher.

He is the author of numerous well-known works such as “May 68, the impossible heritage” (La Découverte, 1998), “La Fin du village.

A French history ”(Gallimard, 2012),“ Uneasiness in democracy ”(Stock, 2016) and“ La France d'hier.

Story of an adolescent world, from the 1950s to May 68 ”(Stock, 2018).

LE FIGARO.

- How do you perceive the way of doing politics in this pre-election period?

Jean-Pierre LE GOFF.

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Like a vast whirlpool that accelerates and turns your head without really knowing where you are going.

The commotion in all directions, the search for maximum media visibility, the accumulation of advertisements and receipts (with or without supplied checks in support), the answers to everything even before the questions are asked … Are not specific to President Macron, but concern, more or less, the candidates declared or not.

All this takes on the appearance of a “who says better or who says more?” Auction game,

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