Chateaubriand policy: democratic by nature, Aristocrat by morals

Literature Thursday, February 15, 16 h 00

Geneviève Winter, Professor of classics, Professor in preparatory classes (h), President of the Alliance Française of Nice (2012-2017)

Faithful servant of the restoration, but also advocate for freedom of the press, Chateaubriand missed his political career but has managed, in the prophetic conclusion to the Memory of Outre-Tombe, his analysis "at the confluence of two centuries', a troubled world. Today's debate on the new forms of power, beyond political parties and ideologies, gives new meaning to his thinking.