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Christian Laval Quotes

born 1953 France

Christian Laval (born 1953) is a French researcher on the history of philosophy and sociology at the Paris Nanterre University.

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Random Christian Laval quote

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The public service is a principle of social solidarity.

The pandemic has demonstrated the bankruptcy of national sovereignty. The major threats to humanity are global in character, so mutual aid, cooperation and solidarity must be too.

It is too rarely recognized that the concept of "public" is absolutely irreducible to the "state." The term "publicum" designates not merely the state administration, but the entire community as constituted by all citizens.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Christian Laval (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.