State Anti-Intellectualism and the Politics of Gender and Race

State Anti-Intellectualism and the Politics of Gender and Race

Illiberal France and Beyond

Eric Fassin examines the trend of State anti-intellectualism in France using the nation as a case study to demonstrate that this tendency is not limited to ostensibly illiberal regimes. He argues that today’s world requires an examination of this phenomenon beyond Cold War geopolitical divisions and highlights a global shift towards authoritarian neoliberalism. His book is a plea for the political urgency of intellectual work in a global moment of political anti-intellectualism.
The book covers the period from President Sarkozy to Prime Minister Valls and includes both firsthand and public cases of attacks against academics, not only in France, but also in Brazil, Hungary, Russia, Turkey, and the United States, with examples of State racism and the argument of the State against antiracism. The book also considers issues of censorship and cancel culture, concluding with Fassin’s firsthand account of attacks on him from the far-right.

  • Cover
  • Front matter
    • Half title
    • Series title page
    • Title page
    • Copyright page
  • Contents
  • Introduction: Anti-Intellectualism and the Politics of Truth
    • Anti-intellectualism: A sociological fallacy
    • Illiberal neoliberalism
    • From “the theory of gender” to critical race theory
    • The politics of bullshit
  • Chapter 1: Anti-Academic Politics
    • Introduction 1: Against “gender theory”
    • Introduction 2: International solidarity
  • Chapter 2: Censorship & Cancel Culture
    • Introduction 1: The politics of censorship
    • Introduction 2: The polemic against “cancel culture”
  • Chapter 3: The Return of Race
    • Introduction 1: Racism and the state
    • Introduction 2: The racial question
  • Chapter 4: Anti-Racism & the State
    • Introduction 1: From racism to anti-racism, and back
    • Introduction 2: The politics of definition
  • Conclusion: Democracy and the Intersectional Politicsof Mourning
  • Epilogue: In the First Person
  • Notes
  • About the author
  • Index
  • Back cover

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