We praise democracy most of the time, but we practice it as if we had accepted every argument against it, as if we believed it must depress the level of culture and of public life
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André GlucksmannAndré Glucksmann is a French philosopher who supported the 1960s protest movement and opposed the communist regimes of eastern Europe. He struggles against complacency in the face of totalitarian ideology of whatever kind. His most recent book is Dostoïevski à Manhattan. Recent articlesBin Laden, Dostoevsky and the reality principle: an interview with André Glucksmann Europe is trapped by complacency and an all too human desire for oblivious contentment, says a leading French philosopher. This helps ensure the success of the nihilistic terror and extremist ideology exemplified by al-Qaida and Saddam Hussein. Nobody wants war – but genocide is worse than war. |
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