L’obsolescence du politique à l’ère du « capitalisme absolu » : Cosmopolis de Don DeLillo et Resistere non serve a niente de Walter Siti

Sylvie Servoise
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In a time of globalisation, massive fi nancialization of economies and unbounded neoliberalism, we are witnessing an unprecedented domination of the economic over other social spheres, and especially over political power. Th is article analyses two contemporary novels, Cosmopolis (Don DeLillo, 2003) and Resistere non serve a niente (Walter Siti, 2012) in order to explore the failings of politics in the context of what Étienne Balibar calls “capitalisme absolu” (“absolute capitalism”). It is argued here that both novels show how fi nance (re)confi gures the balance of power, subordinating politics to economics; to the point of undermining the workings of democratic institutions. Th ese novels invite us to refl ect on the way in which literature can propose a counter-discourse and contribute to opening up new possibilities for weakened democracies.
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“绝对资本主义”时代政治的过时:唐·德利罗的《大都会》和沃尔特·西蒂的《抵抗》
在全球化、经济大规模金融化和无限制的新自由主义的时代,我们正在目睹经济对其他社会领域,特别是对政治权力的前所未有的统治。这篇文章分析了两部当代小说,《大都会》(唐·德里罗,2003年)和《抵抗主义》(沃尔特·西蒂,2012年),以探索Étienne巴里巴称之为“绝对资本主义”(“绝对资本主义”)背景下政治的失败。本文认为,两部小说都展示了金融如何配置权力平衡,使政治从属于经济;甚至到了破坏民主制度运作的地步。这些小说邀请我们反思文学可以提出一种反话语的方式,并为削弱的民主国家开辟新的可能性。
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