Asma Mhalla - Cyberpunk : le nouveau système totalitaire

Has the dystopia of science fiction become our political reality, and how can we free ourselves from it? Asma Mhalla presents her book "Cyberpunk: The New Totalitarian System" published by Seuil. Interview with Pierre Coutelle. Read the book: https://www.mollat.com/livres/3350162... Asma Mhalla uses the term "Cyberpunk" as an analytical tool: for her, the future described by William Gibson is already here, structured around mega-corporations and the fusion of man and machine in megacities where the individual is atomized. She identifies current power as a "two-headed Leviathan": the Big State (the United States and China, power states drawing their strength from technology) and Big Tech (which has become civilizational infrastructures). The ideology of this new system is based on authoritarian libertarianism tinged with accelerationism, aiming for a "breaking point" to satisfy their own interests. These actors seek to empty democracy of its meaning by creating a hyperreality through the dictatorship of flow and cognitive saturation, transforming citizens into "content junkies." This apparent chaos is in reality orderly and serves the United States' strategy to maintain its hegemony against China, notably by neutralizing Europe as a "zone of influence." For the author, the solution lies in reality, which becomes our "page of resistance." She advocates cognitive hygiene, fraternity, and unity as political acts to rediscover an "outside" and deconstruct narratives of powerlessness. 00:00 Introduction to the book 01:08 Why the term "Cyberpunk"? 02:27 Dystopia is already our reality 06:50 The 5 Cyberpunk markers in our time 09:02 Identifying power: the "Two-headed Leviathan" 17:10 Big Tech, civilizational infrastructures 23:44 The ideology of accelerationism and stagnation 27:32 Authoritarian libertarianism 41:01 Geopolitics: the US/China rivalry 43:30 Hyperreality and the dictatorship of flow 50:04 Reality, our page of resistance 53:50 Fraternity as an antidote and the act of strolling Music note: © mollat Subtitles automatically generated in French by YouTube. Visit the website: http://www.mollat.com/ Follow the Mollat ​​bookstore on social media: Instagram:   / librairie_mollat   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Librairie.mo... Twitter:   / librairiemollat   Linkedin:   / votre-libraire-mollat   Pinterest:   / librairiemollat   Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/mollat WhatsApp: https://www.whatsapp.com/channel/0029...