Le noeud démocratique: Aux origines de la crise néolibérale

by Marcel Gauchet

256 pages, Paperback

Published October 10, 2024

About the author

Marcel Gauchet (born 1946, Poilley, Manche, France) is a French historian, philosopher and sociologist. He is emerit professor of the Centre de recherches politiques Raymond Aron at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales and head of the periodical Le Débat.

Gauchet is one of France's most prominent contemporary intellectuals. He has written widely on such issues as the political consequences of modern individualism, the relation between religion and democracy, and the dilemmas of globalisation.

To date, only two of Gauchet's books have been translated into English, most notably The Disenchantment of the World: A Political History of Religion.

Reviews

[Manon Buchweiller]

Un ouvrage intéressant sur la crise actuelle dans la démocratie, sur les tensions inévitables et les défis posés par la logique néoliberale individuelle face à la nécessité du collectif démocratique