Les Procès du siècle © Benoit Guillaume

Is being a class defector a tare or a glamour?

Les procès du siècle - Feminism, gender, minorities

  • Debate-
  • Meeting

With Azouz Begag (politician, writer, researcher in economics and sociology) and Adrien Naselli (journalist)
Moderator: Tewfik Hakem
With the participation of Caroline Chenu, in charge of research and collections at Mucem.

Originally from working-class backgrounds, they have climbed the social ladder to join intellectual, bourgeois or “bobo” circles. We call them “class defectors”.

The Trial of the Century puts them on the stand. How does one extricate oneself from one’s condition? Is moving from one social milieu to another a form of schizophrenia? How do you adapt to new cultural practices without denying your origins? Are class defectors the symbol of our meritocracy? Or the exception that proves the rule? And what exactly does it feel like to set an example?

With Azouz Begag (politician, writer, researcher in economics and sociology) and Adrien Naselli (journalist)
Moderator: Tewfik Hakem
With the participation of Caroline Chenu, in charge of research and collections at Mucem.

Originally from working-class backgrounds, they have climbed the social ladder to join intellectual, bourgeois or “bobo” circles. We call them “class defectors”.

The Trial of the Century puts them on the stand. How does one extricate oneself from one’s condition? Is moving from one social milieu to another a form of schizophrenia? How do you adapt to new cultural practices without denying your origins? Are class defectors the symbol of our meritocracy? Or the exception that proves the rule? And what exactly does it feel like to set an example?