Reblogged from Guava Purée:

below is a provisional translation of Alain Badiou's article "The Racism of Intellectuals" published May 5, 2012 in Le Monde.

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The Racism of Intellectuals

by Alain Badiou, philosopher, dramatist and writer

The extent of the vote for Marianne Le Pen is surprising and overwhelming; we search for an explanation--The political class comes out with a handy sociology: the France of the lower classes, the misled provincials, the workers, the under-educated, frightened by globalization, the decline in purchasing power, the disintegration of their districts, and foreign strangers present at their doors, wants to retreat into nationalism and xenophobia.

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A very insightful, if optimistic, take by Badiou.