/516/ France's Two Peripheries: Riots and Insurrection ft. Fred Lyra
On 20 years since the 2005 riots.
Fred Lyra, philosopher and musicologist based in Paris, joins Alex to talk about France through 4 moments: 1995 – the last moment of classic class struggle; 2005 – riots in the banlieues; 2015 – Islamist terror; 2025 – government collapse.
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How were the riots normalised? And what was the state's response?
Why did the riots prompt debates about "models of integration"?
Why is there an "excess" of state in the banlieues, and an absence of state in left-behind smaller cities?
How did France go from the…
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