Read more  Reserved for subscribersINTERVIEW – Wokism, social networks, moralization of language… The philosopher and the journalist alert us to the violence and loss of meaning of our words. To say or not to say… In the era of social networks, wokism and the violence of words, Monique Atlan, journalist, essayist, and Roger Pol-Droit, doctor of philosophy, author of some forty works, publish Quand la parole meurt (Éditions de l'Observatoire), an essay in which they reflect and alert us to the crisis of speech. LE FIGARO – “We have never spoken so much in history,” you write. And we have never listened so little. How can this be explained? Monique ATLAN and Roger-Pol DROIT. – We listen less, and that is why, while speaking more, we speak less. The immense inflation of speech through the countless machines and means of communication produces a kind of corrosion of speech. To feel like you exist, you now have to give your opinion on everything and proclaim yourself an expert in every field. This obligation to speak is accompanied by a disinvestment in what is said. "I say this, I say nothing" is the maxim of the time. In… This article is reserved for subscribers. You have 85% left to discover. 

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