L'errant, entre liberté et exclusion Archéologie d'une figure de l'exclu
In: Politix: revue des sciences sociales du politique, Band 9, Heft 34, S. 29-46
ISSN: 0295-2319
The wanderer betweeen freedom and exclusion : an archeology of the «excluded».
Sophie Wahnich [29-46].
When confronted with the phenomenon of exclusion, we are usually told that social practices should be able to prevent the pervasive lonelyness that caracterises an individualistic society. This by beeing more open to the good side of the community. This article looks back to the time of the Ancient Regime's communities, and captures, through the character of the wanderer, the archetype of the «excluded», specific to communautarian cultures, and through this approach, turns the proposition upside down : rather than a lack of communautarian behaviour, isn't the case that our societies still suffer from the communautarian part of their heritage ?