Book of interviews
Co-published by Actes Sud – LLL Les Liens Qui Libèrent, October 2014
Presentation
With the National Front on the rise, the energy transition stalled, climate change met with widespread indifference and powerlessness, and social cohesion eroding against a backdrop of crisis, unemployment, and widespread suffering, politicians are unable to act or offer credible hope to younger generations… As the 2014 election year crystallized all tensions and intolerances, journalist Olivier Le Naire conducted ten in-depth interviews with ten high-profile figures—famous or not, all recognized in their respective fields—so that they could offer their diagnoses and propose remedies to heal our ailing society. And show a France riddled with pessimism that paths to hope truly do exist.
Summary
Voices of Hope, by Olivier Le Naire.
The Manifesto: Our Paths of Hope
Rebuilding public life, achieving the ecological transition. COURAGE, an interview with Nicolas Hulot:
Fighting inequality, choosing our freedom. IMAGINATION, an interview with Cynthia Fleury:
Learning to share, humanizing the economy. CLUCIOUSNESS, an interview with Anne-Sophie Novel:
Giving meaning to one's life. DISCERNMENT, an interview with Frédéric Lenoir:
Reinventing work and growth. AUDACITY, an interview with Dominique Méda:
Reconciling with nature. BEAUTY, an interview with Pierre Rabhi:
Reclaiming the sciences. CONSCIOUSNESS, an interview with Pierre-Henri Gouyon:
Achieving integration, revitalizing citizenship. FRATERNITY, an interview with Abd al Malik:
Finding our identity and our place in the world. TRUTH, an interview with Erik Orsenna:
Learning to live together, educating differently. JOY, an interview with Françoise Héritier
The ten participants have relinquished all of their copyrights to Restos du Cœur.