Giuliano da Empoli: Politics is a kind of magnifying glass on the character of individuals. Politics is the only activity that prevents our societies from descending into violence, but therefore concentrates a lot of violence in itself.

Politics and literature have a rather intimate relationship in France. This specificity goes back far in time, especially in the fourteenth century, and still continues. There was almost no interruption in the line of characters who were able to combine... this article is for subscribers only. You still have 96% to discover.