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

written by Jonas Follonier

Philippe Val knows the tragedies to which the rejection of humor can lead. Publishing a dictionary based on his vision of the world, the former director of «Charlie Hebdo» and France Inter talks to «Regard Libre» about his conception of irony and its status in today's world.

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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.

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