Politics · France · 2 hrs ago
Olivier Mannoni’s new book examines pressure on culture and free thought
French writer and translator Olivier Mannoni has published a book called “La Pensée piétinée,” about threats to culture and free thought.
It is the final book in a trilogy examining what he describes as fascist influences in the present day.
Mannoni argues that political forces, media groups and technology are weakening culture, education and science.
He points to examples in France, including disrupted performances, cancelled events and attacks on cultural institutions.
He also draws comparisons with past leaders who censored or restricted artists and intellectuals.
Mannoni says these pressures matter because they could limit independent thought and creative work.
The book also discusses strategies for resisting them.
Olivier Mannoni’s new book argues that culture, education and science face an attack from the far right.
La Pensée piétinée: pourquoi le fascisme écrase la culture was published on 8 October by Éditions Héloïse d’Ormesson.
Mannoni examines political pressure, media groups and technology, and draws comparisons with historical attacks on intellectuals and artists.
He cites examples in France including disrupted performances, cancelled events and attacks on the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée.
The book is the final part of a trilogy about what Mannoni calls the fascist currents of the present era.
- Who
- Olivier Mannoni, an essayist and translator, is the book’s author.
- What
- His new book examines what he describes as pressure on culture and free thought.
- When
- The book was published on 8 October 2026.
- Where
- The book addresses examples in France and around the world.
- Why
- Mannoni argues that political forces, media groups and technology threaten the free exercise of thought and creation.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
La Pensée piétinée was published by Éditions Héloïse d’Ormesson.
franceinfo published an article about Mannoni’s book.
- Author
- Olivier Mannoni
- Book
- La Pensée piétinée: pourquoi le fascisme écrase la culture
- Publication date
- 8 October 2026
- Publisher
- Éditions Héloïse d’Ormesson
- Trilogy
- Final volume in a trilogy about fascist currents of the present era
What people are saying
our era is one of an unprecedented assault on culture, education and science
an open and violent fight against the cultural world
the very existence of the world of the mind
the air of creators seems now to be shrinking at the same rate as the Amazon rainforest
Sources
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