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The Enigma of Clarence Thomas est un ouvrage de Corey Robin, consacr\u00e9 au juge de la Cour supr\u00eame am\u00e9ricaine. Il explore la biographie et la jurisprudence de Thomas \u00e0 la lumi\u00e8re de ses \u00e9crits et discours, pour r\u00e9v\u00e9ler les sources de ses convictions conservatrices.<\/p>\n

\u00c9tat et d\u00e9tails de cet exemplaire<\/h2>\n

The Enigma of Clarence Thomas<\/b><\/i> is a groundbreaking revisionist take on the Supreme Court justice everyone knows about but no one knows.<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the marvels of Robin\u2019s razor-sharp book is how carefully he marshals his evidence…. It isn\u2019t every day that reading about ideas can be both so gratifying and unsettling.\u201d \u2013 <\/b><\/i>The New York Times<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n

Most people can tell you two things about Clarence Thomas: Anita Hill accused him of sexual harassment, and he almost never speaks from the bench. Here are some things they don\u2019t know: Thomas is a black nationalist. In college he memorized the speeches of Malcolm X. He believes white people are incurably racist.<\/p>\n

In the first examination of its kind, Corey Robin\u2013 one of the foremost analysts of the right (The Reactionary Mind<\/i>) \u2013 delves deeply into both Thomas\u2019s biography and his jurisprudence, masterfully reading his Supreme Court opinions against the backdrop of his autobiographical and political writings and speeches. The hidden source of Thomas\u2019s conservative views, Robin shows, is a profound skepticism that racism can be overcome. Thomas is convinced that any government action on behalf of African-Americans will be tainted by racism; the most African-Americans can hope for is that white people will get out of their way.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a reason, Robin concludes, why liberals often complain that Thomas doesn\u2019t speak but seldom pay attention when he does. Were they to listen, they\u2019d hear a racial pessimism that often sounds similar to their own. Cutting across the ideological spectrum, this unacknowledged consensus about the impossibility of progress is key to understanding today\u2019s political stalemate.<\/p>\n

R\u00e9sum\u00e9 de The Enigma of Clarence Thomas<\/h2>\n

Dans The Enigma of Clarence Thomas, Corey Robin propose une lecture renouvel\u00e9e du juge de la Cour supr\u00eame des \u00c9tats-Unis, que beaucoup connaissent sans le conna\u00eetre vraiment. L'auteur examine \u00e0 la fois la biographie de Thomas et sa jurisprudence, en confrontant ses arr\u00eats \u00e0 ses \u00e9crits autobiographiques, \u00e0 ses discours et \u00e0 ses positions politiques. Sa th\u00e8se : la source cach\u00e9e des convictions conservatrices de Thomas est un profond scepticisme quant \u00e0 la possibilit\u00e9 de surmonter le racisme. Selon Robin, le juge estime que toute action gouvernementale en faveur des Afro-Am\u00e9ricains sera entach\u00e9e de racisme, et qu'ils ne peuvent esp\u00e9rer qu'une chose : que les Blancs leur laissent le champ libre. Le livre montre aussi que ce pessimisme racial rejoint parfois celui des lib\u00e9raux, qui critiquent le silence de Thomas sans toujours l'\u00e9couter lorsqu'il s'exprime.<\/p>\n

\u00c0 propos de Corey Robin<\/h2>\n

Corey Robin est un politologue am\u00e9ricain, reconnu comme l'un des principaux analystes de la droite conservatrice. Il est notamment l'auteur de The Reactionary Mind, ouvrage consacr\u00e9 \u00e0 l'histoire du conservatisme, et de Fear, une \u00e9tude de la peur comme id\u00e9e politique. Enseignant et chercheur, il publie r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement des essais sur la pens\u00e9e politique et les d\u00e9bats am\u00e9ricains contemporains.<\/p>\n

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