Outraged About the Current, Neoliberal Economic Paradigm: An Exploration of Michel Serres‘s Late Philosophy and Stéphane Hessel‘s Indignez-vous!

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to (re-)explore Stéphane Hessel‘s Indignez-vous ! by delving into the relatively ignored economic theory of the French philosopher Michel Serres. This investigation demonstrates that both Hessel‘s short diatribe against the perceived injustices of the global financial system and Serres‘s economic thought in his late philosophy are overdue for recognition. Specifically, this essay underscores Hessel and Serres‘s efforts to channel moral indignation in a positive away, thereby affecting meaningful change. Siding with the discontents of globalization, a salient feature of Hessel and Serres‘s outrage is to expose the new face of human exploitation in the form of neoliberalism.