André Malraux, the condition of hope: politics through culture

Pierre Allorant, Dean of the Faculty of Law of Orleans, Chair of the Parliamentary History Committee and Policy

Disappeared half a century ago, we miss Malraux. Artist and novelist of the story of his own life, André Malraux embodies most of the contradictions and complexity of the twentieth century. Rebel, anti-colonialist, book merchant and art dealer, revolutionary then intellectual mobilised against fascism in France with the Popular Front and the help of the Spanish Republicans, late and courageous resistance, privileged companion of General de Gaulle of the RPF on his return to power in 1958, unforgettable heir to the entrance to the Pantheon of the Prefect of the Resistance Jean Moulin, who was actually Andrér Malr Beyond its political evolution, would the priority given to emancipation by culture provide the key to this life in the century? From the writer passionate about the arts to the minister through the rebel, a hope in the human condition: cultural ambition.