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Many of you were scandalized by the Cesar ceremony. "The barbaric laughter having definitively taken precedence over humor, the pomponned audience chuckled and the Minister of Culture, who became the Minister of good-will and compassionate lynching, rejoiced in silence" of the attacks on Roman Polanski, wrote Alain Finkielkraut in an inspired text, L'effroyable soirée des César.
"Nothing against Ladj Ly, all against Polanski," observes Barbara Lefebre, who underlines the double standard between Roman Polanski and the director of Les Misérables, celebrated at the César when he was sentenced to three years in prison including one suspended for complicity in kidnapping and forcible confinement.
"From state-subsidized and subsidized cinema ... to American-style puritanism," thundered our columnist Olivier Babeau. And so on!
Columnists, analysts, experts, intellectuals offer their insights on all the controversies of the week to help you form an opinion.
Happy reading and have a great weekend!
Guillaume Perrault
The great interview of Figaro Magazine - Aymeric Patricot
In his new essay, La Révolte des Gaulois (Éditions Léo Scheer), Aymeric Patricot highlights the identity dimension of the "yellow vests" movement. The author of Les Petits Blancs , a professor of French in the suburbs, compares the phenomenon to that of the vote in favor of Donald Trump.
He answered questions from FigaroVox: “A new character - the Gaul - has risen in French social space. He still doubts himself, but he should assert himself in the years to come, taking his place alongside the "Frenchman of the suburbs" (media euphemism to designate French people of immigrant origin). "
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Grandstand and interviews of FigaroVox
Islamic Marketing: When Fundamentalism and Capitalism Join Forces Against Women's Freedom - As women's rights day approaches, anthropologist Florence Bergeaud-Blacker believes that the market is helping to acclimatize our societies to the standards of fundamentalist Islam.
Alexandre Gady: "Ladies and gentlemen, candidates for the mayor of Paris, tell us about the heritage!" - Anne Hidalgo dramatically uglied Paris, laments the professor of art history at Sorbonne University.
Vatican Archives: "There are no hidden secrets about Pius XII!" believes Jean Sévillia - The historian recalls that most of the Church's documents on the Second World War have already been published.
The Chronicles of FigaroVox
Jacques Julliard - The power of opinion replaces that of the people. We are done with the great explanatory tales that have structured our vision of politics since the 19th century.
Bertille Bayart - The global economy has learned the lessons from the 2008 crisis. The worst is not certain, but it is credible. Virus or not, the current expansion cycle had to come to an end anyway.
Eric Zemmour - Natural law and human rights , by Pierre Manent, reappears in paperback edition. A brilliant criticism of the anomie of a society governed solely by the principle of individual rights.
Renaud Girard - We must defend the borders of Europe! Europeans cannot continue to accept that their right to asylum be systematically diverted.
The essay of the week - The diseases of happiness, by Hugues Lagrange
Drawing on a considerable mass of data, confronting sociology with biology, the researcher paints a frightening picture of contemporary pathologies in his new essay, The Diseases of Happiness . Le Figaro unveils large extracts exclusively.
The promise of freedom and autonomy, he said, resulted in increased suffering and loneliness for Western economico homo . This observation encourages us to rethink modernity and invites us to reconnect with the ideal of "good life" in a "decent society".
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The quote of the week
The real new world is the end of politics!
Philippe Rickwaert (Kad Merad), in the Baron Noir seriesRead on FigaroVox the analysis by Gilles Clavreul of this successful political series broadcast by Canal +.
The Figaro meetings - Yasmina Reza, Monday March 16
Playwright, essayist, novelist, screenwriter, actress, Yasmina Reza is one of the greatest figures in contemporary literature. Renowned worldwide since the international success of her piece Art, she published in January Anne-Marie la Beauté (Flammarion).
Come and meet her during an exceptional conference, Monday March 16 at 8 p.m., Salle Gaveau, in Paris.
Reserve your seats now at the Boutique du Figaro.
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