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Philippe Val: «Humor presupposes a sense of the tragic».»

written by Jonas Follonier

Philippe Val sait à quels drames le refus de l’humour peut mener. Publiant un dictionnaire calqué sur sa vision du monde, l’ancien directeur de «Charlie Hebdo» et de France Inter livre au «Regard Libre» sa conception de l’ironie et de son statut dans le monde actuel.

Society

Patrick Chappatte: «We live in a society that no longer understands irony».»

By Antoine-Frédéric Bernhard · March 14, 2022

Cartoonist Chappatte is a fervent defender of freedom of expression. Here, he explains the current importance of this struggle, as well as his vision of irony, which is being abused by «a very touchy-feely zeitgeist». Even in Switzerland.

Society