“Faced with obscurantism Woke” was to appear on April 9. The University Press of France finally decided to cancel its publication for a reason that surprises certain observers.
Faced with obscurantism Woke initially was to be published by the prestigious French publisher in the field of academic knowledge, the University Press of France. It would ultimately not be, reveals Release. The publisher Paul Garapon announced by email to the three co-directors of the book that he would not appear because of the context “very unfavorable to the publication”. In his viewfinder, “the support of the Pericles project of [l’entrepreneur et milliardaire ndlr.] Pierre-Édouard sterin at the observatory of university ethics “, relates Le Figaro.
But observers evoke a completely different reason. The questions of “some journalists” would not be foreign to this decision. “The case becomes clearly political and under these conditions, my role being to preserve the PUFs of everything that could harm them, I am obliged to stay the publication,” wrote Paul Garapon. Everything would have started from a mobilization of the world of research in support of their American colleagues, who deplore feeling threatened by the Trump administration and its numerous budget cuts on March 7.
A publication with a foreign publisher envisaged
On this occasion, the historian Patrick Boucheron would have mentioned in front of the journalists present the famous work. “An important part of the media space is saturated by entrepreneurs of approximation and inaccuracies, who say that what threatens us today is Islamo-leftism or wokism …” he declared. And Patrick Boucheron to get annoyed: “Sorry, but light your television! There we are between us … But we also find some useful idiots, in the university. There are books that continue to appear. There is one to the PUF which is called Faced with obscurantism Woke. To PUF! To PUF! “
While this mobilization aimed to defend intellectual freedom, the event may well have contributed to the deprogramming of Faced with obscurantism Woke. Contacted by Le Figarothe professor of letters and co-director of the work Xavier-Laurent Salvador believes that this only “proves that we are right to denounce this climate of terror and censorship”. A publication with a foreign publisher, perhaps Dutch, would now be envisaged.