{"id":28589,"date":"2026-08-04T09:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T08:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lyonelkaufmann.ch\/Blog\/?p=28589"},"modified":"2026-08-03T09:02:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T08:02:16","slug":"la-folie-arme-de-destruction-politique-depuis-2000-ans-par-guillaume-henchoz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lyonelkaufmann.ch\/Blog\/2026\/08\/04\/la-folie-arme-de-destruction-politique-depuis-2000-ans-par-guillaume-henchoz\/","title":{"rendered":"La folie, arme de destruction politique depuis 2000 ans par Guillaume Henchoz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Par Guillaume Henchoz<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dans son dernier ouvrage, Furor. Politiques de la folie \u00e0 Rome, l\u2019historien Pierre-Henri Ortiz rappelle une distinction que notre \u00e9poque semble avoir oubli\u00e9e. Il existe une folie que soigne le m\u00e9decin et une autre qu\u2019invente l\u2019orateur. Entre les deux se joue peut-\u00eatre encore aujourd\u2019hui une part essentielle de notre mani\u00e8re de penser le pouvoir<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Je retiens et je plussoie :<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\nDonald Trump a \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9lu \u00e0 deux reprises \u00e0 la Maison-Blanche. Vladimir Poutine ne gouverne pas seul la Russie. Benjamin Netanyahu ne m\u00e8ne pas une guerre par la seule force de sa volont\u00e9. M\u00eame les dirigeants les plus autoritaires s\u2019appuient sur des institutions, des administrations, des partis, des int\u00e9r\u00eats \u00e9conomiques, des appareils militaires\u2026 et une partie plus ou moins importante de l\u2019opinion publique !<\/p>\n\n\n\n

R\u00e9duire ces trajectoires politiques \u00e0 une pathologie individuelle revient parfois \u00e0 d\u00e9tourner le regard de ce qui les rend possibles : les fragilit\u00e9s d\u00e9mocratiques, les fractures sociales, les id\u00e9ologies, les strat\u00e9gies partisanes ou les rapports de force internationaux. En d\u00e9clarant un homme fou, nous cessons parfois d\u2019interroger le monde qui l\u2019a rendu possible.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Ainsi lorsque l\u2019on parle d\u2019Hitler comme d\u2019un fou qui a mis le monde \u00e0 feu et \u00e0 sang, comme dans la s\u00e9rie Apocalypse<\/em>, on d\u00e9douane la population allemande et tout ceux qui ont rendu cela possible et y ont particip\u00e9. Cela r\u00e9duit notre compr\u00e9hension du monde tout en nous rassurant faussement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Autrement, cet article est accompagn\u00e9 d\u2019une illustration r\u00e9alis\u00e9e par IA qui est vraiment flippante et interrogeante :<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Illustration \u00e9labor\u00e9e avec Canva IA sur la base de la fresque de Cesare Maccari, \u201cCic\u00e9ron d\u00e9nonce Catilina\u201d, 1882 – 1888.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\u2019article : La folie, arme de d\u00e9struction politique depuis 2000 ans<\/a> par l\u2019excellent Guillaume Henchoz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Par Guillaume Henchoz Dans son dernier ouvrage, Furor. Politiques de la folie \u00e0 Rome, l\u2019historien Pierre-Henri Ortiz rappelle une distinction que notre \u00e9poque semble avoir oubli\u00e9e. Il existe une folie que soigne le m\u00e9decin et une autre qu\u2019invente l\u2019orateur. Entre les deux se joue peut-\u00eatre encore aujourd\u2019hui une part essentielle de notre mani\u00e8re de penser […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_import_markdown_pro_load_document_selector":0,"_import_markdown_pro_submit_text_textarea":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"federated","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"fullscreen","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[911,372,20,510,2156],"class_list":["post-28589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-blogcafe-2","tag-art","tag-culture","tag-histoire","tag-politique","tag-societe","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lyonelkaufmann.ch\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IA_trump.jpeg?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lyonelkaufmann.ch\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IA_trump.jpeg?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1","author_info":{"display_name":"Lyonel Kaufmann","author_link":"https:\/\/lyonelkaufmann.ch\/Blog\/author\/lyonelk\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lyonelkaufmann.ch\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IA_trump.jpeg?fit=1536%2C1024&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1qtF4-7r7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":334,"url":"https:\/\/lyonelkaufmann.ch\/Blog\/2008\/08\/01\/histoire-suisse-et-si-le-pacte-de-1291-etait-un-faux\/","url_meta":{"origin":28589,"position":0},"title":"Histoire suisse: Et si le Pacte de 1291 \u00e9tait un faux?","author":"Lyonel Kaufmann","date":"1 ao\u00fbt 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Hier soir, c'\u00e9tait l'heure du cort\u00e8ge aux flambeaux \u00e0 La Tour-de-Peilz. 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