Paul Ricoeur
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Paris Letter: Macron and the strange quality of optimism
- Europe
- June 5, 2018, 06:00
As bureau chief for British magazine the Economist, Sophie Pedder got to know Emmanuel Macron earlier than most Macron-watchers. She first interviewed(...)

Le Big Mac: Emmanuel Macron’s rise and rise
- Europe
- April 21, 2018, 06:00
President Emmanuel Macron likes to convince people. In manner and method, he is unlike his predecessors. Nicolas Sarkozy cajoled and bullied. François(...)

Vincent MacNamara surpassed theology’s closed circuit
- Opinion
- February 13, 2018, 05:00
“One of the attractions of psychotherapy for people is that it provides a space where they feel listened to and accepted. They are allowed to tell the(...)

Is it ever really okay to forgive terrorist atrocities?
- Irish News
- November 8, 2017, 13:47
Out of horror can come extraordinary humanity and grace. The Enniskillen bombing is remembered as much for the IRA’s murder of 11 people as the forgiv(...)

Man of compassion or savage capitalist? The difficulty of defining Macron
- Europe
- September 13, 2017, 01:00
Four months after his election political commentators are still struggling to classify President Emmanuel Macron. In recent days he has been called a (...)

France is entranced by Macron. Can he build on a faultless start?
- Europe
- May 31, 2017, 14:30
In less than a month, the election of Emmanuel Macron has transformed France for the better, though there’s an underlying anxiety that pride in the yo(...)

Paul Ricoeur: The philosopher behind Emmanuel Macron
- Culture
- May 30, 2017, 06:00
Paul Ricoeur is one of those continental philosophers you have to read with a dictionary in one hand and a strong coffee in the other (“difficult to c(...)

Emmanuel Macron splits French conservatives and charms Berlin
- Europe
- May 15, 2017, 20:27
On his first day in office, President Emmanuel Macron took a big step towards dismantling France’s old two-party system, by appointing a politician f(...)

The newly elected president Emmanuel Macron faces the near impossible challenge of reversing France’s decline and reconciling a deeply divided populat(...)

Rite&Reason: Why we should teach religion in school
- Opinion
- September 27, 2016, 05:00
In the past 20 years, the place of religion in the public sphere has been discussed from multiple angles. On the continent, French, Italian and German(...)