Roger-Gérard Schwartzenberg
Roger-Gérard Schwartzenberg is a French politician of the Radical Party of the Left. He has been a Deputy to the European Parliament, a Deputy to the National Assembly and a Government Minister. He is a professor at Panthéon-Assas University. From 1981 to 1983 he was President of the Movement of Radicals of the Left in the French Parliament.
He is also known as a popular political theoretician especially in his book L'etat Spectacle originally written in 1977 and subsequently rewritten to include female political role models in 2009 and his other major work La Politique du Mensonge. He posits politics as a shadow show with stereotypical characters and plots. Main actors include "The Man of the People", "The Hero", "Father/Mother of the Nation" and "The charmer".
Strategically his analysis is allied to game theory where politicians play roles to contrast with their opponents and provides a tool for analysing electoral tactics. His work is virtually unknown in the Anglo-Saxon world.
