On September 11, 1978, an astonishing headline caught the reader of the “Nouvel Observateur”: “What we need to be happy”. This is a theme that is more a treatise on philosophy or a summary of wisdom than a press article! However, it is found in number 722 of the weekly founded by Jean Daniel, on pages 30 and 31, with an even more ambitious surtitle: “Civilization”. Bigre… Just before, one can read a file on the economic policy of the Prime Minister, Raymond Barre, and in the pages which follow a report on the negotiations Begin-Sadat with Camp David.
Encounter
On the occasion of the centenary of the birth of the philosopher André Gorz, “l’Obs”, Cimade and Imec are organizing a meeting around his thought, with the participation, in particular, of Clémentine Autain, Paul Magnette, Fatima Ouassak, Claire Lejeune, Christophe Fourel…
Meet on Thursday, February 9, at the “Obs” auditorium in Paris. Free admission on reservation.
So what is this article about? From an existential malaise disrupting industrialized societies. “Just recently Americans aged 15 to 18 were asked if they thought the future would be better; 55% answered: “Worse.” A moral follows for them: you have to live now. Any happiness delayed will be irretrievably lost. Life no longer receives its meaning from the future. And that changes everything. » Faced with this general disarray, the only solution, the author believes, is to “defining a civilization
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