L’enquêteur deweyen et la fragilité de la vie publique.

Daniel Cefaï, Cédric Terzi (éds.), L’expérience des problèmes publics. Perspectives pragmatistes, coll. « Raisons pratiques », n° 22, Paris, Éditions de l’EHESS, 2012.

In 2012, “Raisons pratiques” published an issue that compiled several case studies showing the relevance of a pragmatist approach of public life. The critical review of this work gives us the opportunity to plead for a rational articulation of classical models of the public, focusing mainly on theories developed by John Dewey and Hannah Arendt. Insofar as violence and lies are considered as dangers for the anthropological principle of publicity, we also call for a sociological and analytical translation [...]