Yann Moulier Boutang
is a philosopher and economist, and director of the journal Multitudes.
Articles
The old "new clothes" of the French Republic
In defence of the "insignificant" rioters
It is possible that the “apolitical” youths of the banlieue have done more to set things in motion in France than thirty years of political posturing. Disregarding the lamentable reaction from the French Right, they have forced a reconsideration of the pitfalls of a universalist Republican ideology that refuses to recognize the existence of ethnic minorities. In doing so, they are the true defenders of society, says the director of the French journal Multitudes.
