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 N° 100 - june 2010
THE PRINCE’S EYEGLASSES
By Claude RIVELINE
professor at École des Mines de Paris
Article translated from French by Noal Mellott (CNRS, Paris, France)
Article published in French in Gérer et Comprendre [December 1997] http://www.annales.org/
According to the philosopher Heidegger, what we see worst is the pair of spectacles which, in front of our eyes, we see through. This saying is still pertinent. The prince, as a metaphor of those who hold power, has turned his eyes toward other objects: the overriding concern is no longer the imbalance of trade but unemployment. But does he freely choose his pair of glasses? Lenses have changed, but the powers-that-be still too often eschew contact from reality.
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