Une modernité politique métropolitaine ? Impressions sensibles depuis Angers et Tokyo…

Abstract

The exercise of metropolitan power immediately evokes symbols of domination and coercion, that is to say a certain form of world disenchantment. By studying what two elected metropolitan officials in Angers and Tokyo say about the sensitive motives of their engagement, we also catch a glimpse of an underground form of modernity, in gentleness for the first, in transgression for the second. The author of the article suggests that these two political promises deserve exploration.

Keywords

• power
• metropolis
• emotions
• election
• engagement