As I write, on 14 October, the movement is looking towards Saturday 17 October, the first day of the autumn vacations. The date did not begin with the lycéens. It first appeared on social networks weeks ago, amid concerns over fuel prices and the cost of living, and was widely seen as a revival of the Gilets jaunes. We do not yet know whether this will be the moment a counter-conduct becomes something the State can more comfortably call a revolt, or whether it will hold to its own grammar. [Read more here…]
Monthly Archives: October 2026
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The chapter on “Civil Society” [die bürgerliche Gesellschaft] in Hegel’s Elements of the Philosophy of Right occupies an almost unparalleled position in modern political philosophy. Few texts have been responsible for such profound changes in our conceptualization of the political and thus in our perception of modern society. [Continue reading here]