STATE ANTI-INTELLECTUALISM & THE POLITICS OF GENDER AND RACE
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ANTI-INTELLECTUALISM
& the Politics of Gender and Race
Illiberal France and Beyond
Éric Fassin
Texts originally published in French were translated by Armelle Vagneur-Jones
Copyright © by Éric Fassin 2024
Published in 2024 by Central European University Press
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ISBN 978-963-386-667-2 (paperback)
ISBN 978-963-386-668-9 (ebook)
ISSN 3004-1430
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“Éric Fassin’s bold and incisive book gathers up the strands of anti-intellectualism and neo-fascism that target progressive movements and critical thought. He shows us in the most compelling ways why, as intellectuals, we have an obligation to support open inquiry, critical thought, and robust debate on fundamental matters of equality and freedom. He tracks the itinerary of anti-intellectual trends, showing the risks this poses for democratic life, tying together the movements that target gender and race as well as various policies that advance the aims of sexual democracy. Fassin’s willingness to link European trends that promote xenophobic nationalism as they oppose gender and race studies gives us the framework and the tools we need to think clearly and critically about our contemporary world. Perhaps most importantly, Éric Fassin shows us how to make the public interventions that bridge academic life and the public world by including in this volume several of his own acute editorials. He gives us a map for understanding the public travels of an attentive and courageous intellectual life, showing how it is possible to open the walls of the academy to a common world whose democratic future is worth fighting for.”
Judith Butler
Distinguished Professor in the Graduate School, University of California, Berkeley
