At 40,
Le Débat,
which was one of the beacons of intellectual life in France, is coming to an end.
This is sad news for all those committed to civic conversation.
Pierre Nora and Marcel Gauchet wore it with courage, consistency and brio during all these years.
This heritage obliges us.
With this prestigious journal, will the debate disappear?
A number of opponents have been conspiring against him for a long time.
The contraction of time, first of all.
That of reflection, rumination, study, prioritization, the elaboration of a thought is lost in the torrent of continuous information.
Today's tweet prevails over the thesis, which calls for ten years of solitary effort.
The dissolution of culture, then.
Founded on history, philosophy, literature, it was an intimate association that shaped minds: it tends to become an ornament.
By dint of deconstruction, it fades and leaves room for science jargon
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