SAUVÉS par le DÉVELOPPEMENT PERSONNEL ? (Sociologie des fans de DAVID LAROCHE)

Does personal development really live up to its promises? What if you followed all the advice of coaches, speakers, and mindset experts to the letter? Would you be happier, freer, more aligned? This is the question sociologist Heiko Royet-Galante asked himself while investigating the world of personal development, and in particular the influence of David Laroche, a leading figure in French coaching. In this video, we follow the journey of Adélaïde, a middle-class mother—a prime target for personal development—who fully commits to a process of self-transformation. But at what cost? Using the tools of sociology and the work of researchers such as Pierre Bourdieu, Scalett Salman, Thomas Coutrot, and Virginia Woolf, Heiko Royet-Galante deciphers the driving forces behind this quest for self-discovery: double shifts, social dislocation, uncertified cultural capital, a room of one's own, biographical illusion, the new spirit of capitalism, and more. A captivating investigation into the promises and unrealized truths of personal development, between individual emancipation... and the injunction to perform. 📷 Photos and videos are non-contractual: Adélaïde's images are illustrations, and her first name has been changed to protect her anonymity. 📖 Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14... 🔎 Check out Heiko's work; it's truly fascinating: https://www.regards-sociologiques.fr/... 💜Join me if you enjoy political analyses of the objects and practices that make up our daily lives. Support the channel: https://fr.ulule.com/reflexions-basses/ Debate & co-creation:   / discord   Lives:   / reflexionsbasses   Instagram:   / reflexions_basses   Thumbnail:   / romana_dodici   Music:   / screentest__   Stream her latest track:    • ScreenTest - Observer   Proofreading: Jessica Berthereau With the support of Cairn Productions and the support of CNC Talent. 🌼ISAN 0000-0007-3EBB-0008-I-0000-0000-K 00:00 How do you meet David Laroche's followers? 02:48 David Laroche appears in Adélaïde's life 07:39 The path to happiness? 11:16 Shattering illusions 14:33 "Make your dreams come true," a toxic injunction?