Pascal Couchepin's reading: «An axe to the head».»

Each month, we feature a column by one of the personalities who give us the pleasure of alternating between the two. Current affairs, history, politics and philosophy: former Federal Councillor Pascal Couchepin's readings.

Raphaël Gaillard is head of the University Hospital Psychiatry Unit at a major Parisian hospital and the University of Paris. He was recently a guest on France 5«s literary program »La Grande Librairie". And what's more, he has roots in the Valais, in Saxon to be precise.

The theme he tackles, after many others, but in a fresh way, is the relationship between madness and creativity. Hence the title of his book, taken from a phrase by Diderot: «Great artists have an axe to grind in their heads».

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