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Louis de Saussure's blog

What about? Very much of the evolution of society today, whatever the causes, is oriented toward a decline of civilization in Western societies - at the same time, many societies elsewhere arise with a better ability to share their values in globalization. This blog is dedicated to host a few short thoughts on various societal issues that we should worry about. Some messages will be posted in French when they concern more specifically Switzerland or France. But since I think that many ideas that affect the evolution of our societies originate in the globalized (which means to a large extent 'American') world, English will be my usual language of communication. Who am I? I am Swiss and I live in Switzerland, but I also have the French (thus European) citizenship and own a house in the French countryside. I lived in Texas for a year or so when I was teaching at the Department of Philosophy in Austin. I also lived, with my family, in London for another year while pursuing resear...