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Yves Citton, Zazirocratie. Très curieuse introduction à la biopolitique et à la politique de croissance, Paris, Éditions Amsterdam, 2011.
Gaspard Turin | 13.11.2012Yves Citton’s book is as curious as its title suggests, and as unusual as its subtitle proclaims. Professor of French literature, Citton, who is also a political philosopher, takes interest in an obscure and forgotten Norman physician, Charles-François Tiphaigne de la Roche (1722-1774), author of L’Empire des Zaziris sur les humains. Through an exhaustive reading of Tiphaigne’s work — his writing is thoroughly covered as well as sometimes slated —, Citton refers to motifs and themes as various and [...]