Christian Godin is a philosopher. He notably published
La Démoralisation.
Morality and Crisis
, (ed., Champ Vallon, coll. L’Esprit libre, 2015).
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By declaring (in Elle
magazine
, February 13) that sexist violence is a
“fight in which no man can be counted on
,” Sandrine Rousseau did not only show that, like the racism hidden behind displayed anti-racism, there is sexism expressed to the point of caricature within the very framework of anti-sexism, it was also not content to reveal the logic of the insulting generalization, usual among those disappointed with affect (
"all bastards!"
,
"all sluts!"
- as if it were comforting to know oneself the victim of a universal evil), she revealed how calamitous the "Aristide principle" can be when it is based on a lack of judgment and culture.
Aristides, known as “the Just” (5th century BC) is a historical figure of ancient Greece who became legendary for his sense of justice and his irreproachable behavior.
We can call "Aristide's principle" that which governs ethical judgment when it is deduced from a thought experiment consisting of saying: if Aristide, the paragon of justice, had said this or done that, then I can say that this (that) is right;
if he had not done it, then I can say conversely that it is not fair.
There would be an absolute standard of Justice embodied by the figure of Aristide.
The most astonishing thing in Sandrine Rousseau's recent declaration lies in the presupposition that Gérard Miller, whose relationship with psychoanalysis is substantially the same as that maintained by Tariq Ramadan with religion, represented for her the paragon of justice.
If Gérard Miller, who for so many years spread the word of the Good and the Just, ardent and honeyed defender of feminism, whose opportunism did not escape careful listening and observation, politically on the right side (La France insoumise), has been guilty of such a large amount of violence against women, so this means (fatal deduction from Aristide's principle) that we cannot count on any man in this fight.
If there is one thing that is well known in the microcosm of shows and politics, it is the sexual behavior of each person, when it presents, and this is the case here, a character of excess.
Christian Godin
It is also surprising that Sandrine Rousseau never heard that Gérard Miller had been given the nickname “Divan le Terrible” because of his behavior as a serial sexual predator - the preludes of which, by the way, were public since the “psychoanalyst” considered television sets well stocked with young girls as hunting reserves.
If there is one thing that is well known in the microcosm of shows and politics, it is the sexual behavior of each person, when it presents, and this is the case here, a character of excess.
But what, beyond the unacceptable nature of Sandrine Rousseau's declaration, should be called into question today, and in addition to the sexual violence induced by "male domination" protected by the omerta of the environment, is the exorbitant power that the entertainment industry gives to its stars (not just male), and the distortion of judgment, worse than disinformation, to which this industry continually works.
The Gérard Miller affair, like others, does not only call into question the illegitimate and violent power of men over women, which must of course be
denounced
at the first signs of its misdeeds, without waiting for the jackals to grow old. , but also the exorbitant influence acquired by certain mediocre personalities, and the overrated reputation they have with the general public, and even with those who one might believe to be more informed - distortions that the world of entertainment and the media of current mass are today to an unparalleled degree.