La BOÉTIE : comment résister à la SERVITUDE VOLONTAIRE

In the 16th century, Étienne de La Boétie sought to understand why people sometimes accept their own domination. In his "Discourse on Voluntary Servitude," he already envisioned two political antidotes: friendship and conflict. With 🎙️Gérald Sfez, philosopher and professor in preparatory classes at the Lycée La Bruyère in Versailles 🎙️Esther Rogan, PhD in philosophy 00:00:00 Introduction: La Boétie and voluntary servitude — "there is no need to fight it" 00:01:58 Presentation: a philosopher of Aristotle and a specialist in Machiavelli 00:03:13 Reading of the text: "a million men enslaved, not by force, but by fascination" 00:06:06 The "counter-one": rejection of the One in politics 00:10:00 Friendship as an antidote to tyranny — philia in Aristotle 00:20:00 Is conflict the enemy of friendship? Greek Stasis Revisited 00:30:00 Machiavelli: The Productive Conflict Between the Elite and the People 00:40:00 The Disagreement Between La Boétie, Aristotle, and Machiavelli on the Role of Conflict 00:47:00 Conclusion: Is the Common Good a Prerequisite for Conflict—or its Result? 📌 All episodes of "Avec philosophie" can be found right here 👉 https://www.radiofrance.fr/francecult... #baccalaureate #philosophy #literature _____________ Find us on: Instagram:   / franceculture   Facebook:   / franceculture   TikTok:   / franceculture   LinkedIn:   / franceculture   Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/francecultur... And subscribe to the Culture Prime newsletter: https://www.cultureprime.fr/