19 octobre 2006
What kind of argument is that? Bourdieu on Ségolène
Beginning of october (the Fifth I gather), a vidéo was released showing Bourdieu in 2002 (in passed away since), discussing about the definition of left and right. This vidéo has produced a big fuss because Bourdieu cites Ségolène as typically, one of these people obviously from the "right" although they are in the socialist party.
I watched and listened the video and I'm not convinced by the argument. Before mentioning Ségo (in passing by the way), he explains that the main different between left and right is the relationship to authority. Then he mentions how he knew back in the 60's when people where in the Commmunist Party, but they were really from the right. he knew because of their interest and discours about "sécurity". He knew because they "always wanted to be right", "have the last word in conversations". He also mentions how these people used the Communist Party as a tool to reach power. He mentions Serge July (former chef redactor at Libération the main left newspaper) was one of them. How he had a "chef personality".
It's funny because all of these qualifications and dispositions are not the ones I would use to describe Ségolène Royale. For instance about the idea of "being righ". Well, the way she approached the writing of her program, having it basically writen by blogers, is the opposit of thinking that she would have the truth and the right priorities.
Also, which socialist candidate would avoid taking position on the security issue when the failure to do so is one of the main reason listed for the catastrophe of 2002.
Another very helpful indication of how to make a distinction between a red and a blue political animal is their "way of speaking and "way of being".
Bourdieu when he talks about Ségolène just helds his hand as if he saws her in front of him and says, you just see she is from the right. Well the one first thing that you "just see" when looking at Ségo is a beautiful woman dressed in a fashionable working-girl kind of style. Do you have to have dirty nails and being fat from not eating healthy food to be from the left? What kind of macho, ridiculous judgement is that??
I mean, the majority of our society is middle class. Altough there are millions of people excluded from this class. Well, if they cannot have lefty ideas, well then the "left" can never be in power in a democracy, or only a left which would not really be left. In this case, whey discussing about it in the first place?
Ok, I'm going to stop this post here. But, not, I'm not convinced by the arguments given
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