The Discourse of Hatred

André Glucksmann

2004

The pundits are certain that we have turned the page. Have we not relegated collective hatred to history books and referred individual malice to the good care of psychologists? No matter the countless problems that plague us today, modern euphoria wisely rushes ahead to contradict these contradictions. All can be explained, understood, excused. […]…

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André Glucksmann

1937–2015

Born in Boulogne-Billancourt, André Glucksmann was a polemicist and human-rights advocate. He studied in Lyon and earned a degree in philosophy from the Ecole normale supérieure. After participating in the events of May 1968, Glucksmann published Le Discours de la guerre. He was a leading figure in the debates of the Nouveaux philosophes. Glucksmann was associated with the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

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