TORONTO -- Feeling French today is not about being a citizen of France or having French identity; it's not even only about sharing sympathy with the families of all those brutally murdered around Paris. No, being French today is to believe in the true value of civilization. The true value of a civilization is embodied by the process of taming violence. Without it, any society would fail to be recognized as dialogical and civilized. The idea of dialogue has been at the heart of French society for...
TORONTO -- Feeling French today is not about being a citizen of France or having French identity; it's not even only about sharing sympathy with the families of all those brutally murdered around Paris. No, being French today is to believe in the true value of civilization. The true value of a civilization is embodied by the process of taming violence. Without it, any society would fail to be recognized as dialogical and civilized. The idea of dialogue has been at the heart of French society for...
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