Fabrice Hadjadj: "Fatherhood appears more than ever in his prodigy"

2021-06-04T21:25:41.473Z

INTERVIEW - In a new essay, both brilliant and playful, “To be a father with Saint Joseph. A little guide to the adventurer of postmodern times ”published by Éditions Magnificat, the writer and philosopher testifies to his experience of fatherhood and develops a deep reflection on the figure of the father.

Winner of the Montherlant Prize from the Académie des Beaux-Arts and the Lustiger Prize from the French Academy, Fabrice Hadjadj is the author of numerous essays and plays.

He directs the Philanthropos Institute in Friborg, Switzerland.

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LE FIGARO. - Who is your book for? Are you trying to justify yourself for having nine children in front of the followers of the “childfree” (those who choose not to have children) or of the “one child, one planet” (a single child so as not to pollute) ?

Fabrice HADJADJ.

It is true that I am a serial progenitor.

Worse than serial killers, some say: While killers remedy overpopulation and provide rich fertilizer, I am contributing to "planet suicide."

To understand the intention of my book, we must refer to the subtitle:

Little guide to the adventurer of postmodern times.

In his time, Charles Péguy spoke of

“married men”

and

“fathers of families”

“great adventurers of the modern world”

But we are no longer in modernity,

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