Manifesto

The narratives we use to interpret reality often hide more than they reveal. When we attribute an event to a cause, it is often in order to ignore the other factors that may have contributed. To every narratives, it seems, there are facts that are unbearable.

But my purpose is not merely to engage in relativism. Some of the most important facts of modern life lie in the shadow of collective denial. Therein, we find the injustice and brutality of work, the ecological emergency, and we miss the values that have been lost.

These assertions should still be qualified – it is not so much that we avoid talking about work, about the environment or about values, but that this speech almost systematically leads to anesthesia and paralysis. Nothing can pierce the reassuring tranquility of the everyday. Conspiracy theorists and social justice activists relieve us from our responsibilities by designating a scapegoat, optimists reassure us that qualified experts will take care of our problems, while fear-mongers can only make us feel guilty for being passive.

This blog intends to make visible the shadows we would like to ignore. It aims to distinguish the acts which break our boundaries from those that only pretend to.