L'expertise d'etat rattrapee par l'universite?

In: Raisons politiques: études de pensée politique, Heft 1, S. 81-101

Abstract

A prelude to the model in which an author would be read by specialists before his/her ideas are diffused to the greater public, the theory of justice John Rawls had initiated in France drew more attention in political forums and within the field of philosophy, where it accesses the status of the great author in the late 1990s or early 2000s. This article examines the use of Jon Rawls' theory of justice outside the university, and more specifically concerns the expertise of state function that marked his academic career and the study of the theory of justice. From the comparison of an internal seminar at the Commisariat General du Plan (Planning Commission) in early 1990 and a 2006 seminar conducted by a board attached to Matignon, we show that Rawls' entry in the academic canon resulted in increased control of academic philosophers on the uses of academic studies in ministerial organizations. Adapted from the source document.