Each month, we feature a column by one of the personalities who give us the pleasure of taking up the pen in turn. Writer Roland Jaccard recounts his favorite film, as implausible as it is politically correct: the movie of his life.
Les bouquins du mardi – Diana-Alice Ramsauer «Privilège de notre génération, charnière entre deux périodes historiques, l’une de domination, l’autre...
He has at least thirteen hats on his head, as many as the stars on his cantonal flag. At the very limited level of French-speaking Switzerland, he represents a (small) public voice. He proposes his way of seeing the world to anyone who will listen: through the Appel Citoyen movement he co-founded, the Foraus think tank he vice-chaired or the ethics laboratory he still co-directs. He also unpacks his values on 19h30 when he is invited to talk about fundamental freedom, on Le Temps when he conducts a questionnaire on sustainability, or on his blog when he analyzes current events while presenting the object of his research. And when you're a philosopher, «the object of your research» is vast. And diluted.
ARTICLE LONG FORMAT, Antoine Bernhard | Lors du massacre de «Charlie Hebdo» et du récent attentat de Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, un thème a envahi la scène politique et médiatique, surtout française: le «droit au blasphème». Ses défenseurs l’invoquent au nom de la laïcité et de la liberté d’expression, les islamistes en font un motif de plus pour détester la France et l’Occident. Certes, la formule est efficace. Mais qu’en est-il de sa pertinence?
Rediscovering a taste for freedom
We all agree. We're all moving in the same direction. United against the coronavirus. Solidarity of a humanity trembling in the face of a so-called unprecedented epidemic. We are at war with the coronavirus. With masks and bottles of hydro-alcoholic gel, and thanks to the heroism of our doctors, we will win. Amen to that! The world will never be the same again. 1TP5Neveragain! Hurrah! Humanity is rising up in an unprecedented surge of awareness. Let's protect ourselves, let's protect our loved ones! Let's all join hands - err... no, sorry! Let's keep a distance of one meter and banish all physical contact... - to erect a barrier against the great Satan who is advancing to kill us.
Technologie, totalitarisme et liberté
A feel-good movie like no other