Isabelle Schönbächler

The provocative French MP Sandrine Rousseau recently saw fit to proclaim the existence of a «right to laziness». Emotion on all sides. But why does the association of these two terms go so wrong? Let's take a look at the concept of laziness.

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Les projecteurs viennent de s’éteindre sur le Qatar, hôte très décrié de la Coupe du monde de football en raison de son respect tout relatif des droits humains. De fait, le Qatar s’assoit sur un concept central à toute société démocratique: l’égalité.

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Christmas, its magic, its family meals... and its Hollywood productions. It's all there: a mawkish plot, good feelings and a predictable happy ending. In short, a «gentle» film. But what does that mean? First thoughts from 2023.

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Among all the forms of lying that populate our daily lives - lies of omission, pious lies, self-interested lies, pathological lies - one singular category seems to hold the rope in these turbulent times: the shameless lie.

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In June, Macron called for Russia not to be «humiliated», a phrase understood as a call not to humiliate Putin. A flurry of offended and sarcastic reactions flooded the web at the time. The roots of such vindictiveness lie in the concept of humiliation.

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