Reflections on a Revolutionary and Music
After spending years in prison for armed actions with the French urban guerrilla group Action directe, Jean-Marc Rouillan shared in an interview his reflections on the role of music in his political development and on the broader politics of rock‘n’roll. This essay responds to Rouillan’s reflections...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:transposition_4644 https://doi.org/10.4000/transposition.4644 urn:doi:10.4000/transposition.4644 en https://journals.openedition.org/transposition/4644 2020-03-19T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/lmcu https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Reflections on a Revolutionary and Music Transposition Éditions de l’EHESS info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2110-6134 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/transposition Varon, Jeremy Action directe Clash rock‘n’roll Bowie (David) Clapton (Eric) Garcia (Jerry) Grateful Dead Hofmann (Abbie) Lerner (Jonathan) Rouillan (Jean-Marc) Sinclair (John) White Panthers Yippies Action directe Clash rock‘n’roll Bowie (David) Clapton (Eric) Garcia (Jerry) Grateful Dead Hofmann (Abbie) Lerner (Jonathan) Rouillan (Jean-Marc) Sinclair (John) White Panthers Yippies After spending years in prison for armed actions with the French urban guerrilla group Action directe, Jean-Marc Rouillan shared in an interview his reflections on the role of music in his political development and on the broader politics of rock‘n’roll. This essay responds to Rouillan’s reflections. Noting rock‘n’roll’s dual identity as rebel music and a mass commercial enterprise, the essay sees hopefulness, naiveté, and arrogance in Rouillan’s insistence that to stay true to its roots rock music must shun profit. The essay argues the value of recovering radical moments in popular culture while cautioning against idealizing cultural forms. Après des années d’emprisonnement suite à son action armée au sein de l’organisation française de guérilla urbaine Action directe, Jean-Marc Rouillan a donné un entretien au gré duquel il partage ses réflexions sur le rôle de la musique dans son propre engagement politique, et plus largement sur les politiques du rock‘n’roll. Cet essai répond aux réflexions de Rouillan. Relevant l’identité duale du rock‘n’roll – à la fois musique rebelle et entreprise commerciale de masse –, nous notons l’optimisme, la naïveté et l’arrogance avec lesquelles Rouillan insiste sur la nécessité qu’a le rock à fuir le profit afin de rester fidèle à ses racines. Soulignant l’intérêt d’un tel retour sur des moments radicaux de la culture populaire, cet essai met en garde contre l’idéalisation de formes culturelles. |
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Action directe Clash rock‘n’roll Bowie (David) Clapton (Eric) Garcia (Jerry) Grateful Dead Hofmann (Abbie) Lerner (Jonathan) Rouillan (Jean-Marc) Sinclair (John) White Panthers Yippies Action directe Clash rock‘n’roll Bowie (David) Clapton (Eric) Garcia (Jerry) Grateful Dead Hofmann (Abbie) Lerner (Jonathan) Rouillan (Jean-Marc) Sinclair (John) White Panthers Yippies |
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After spending years in prison for armed actions with the French urban guerrilla group Action directe, Jean-Marc Rouillan shared in an interview his reflections on the role of music in his political development and on the broader politics of rock‘n’roll. This essay responds to Rouillan’s reflections. Noting rock‘n’roll’s dual identity as rebel music and a mass commercial enterprise, the essay sees hopefulness, naiveté, and arrogance in Rouillan’s insistence that to stay true to its roots rock music must shun profit. The essay argues the value of recovering radical moments in popular culture while cautioning against idealizing cultural forms. |
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