World Literary Awards

← Back to Prix Médicis

Prix Médicis めでぃしすしょう

Edition 10 (1995)

Fiction (French-language works)Translated works (Prix Médicis étranger)Essay/Non-fiction (Prix Médicis essai)

Winners

1 people

A philosophical essay that criticizes contemporary entitlement and the culture of dependency while rethinking the relation between freedom and responsibility. It argues that innocence can become a tempting refuge from the burdens of freedom.

It asks why innocence can become a refuge from the burdens of freedom.

336 pages
philosophyethicsfreedomsocial critique