Jean-François Revel Quote

The idea that a culture can preserve its originality by barricading itself against foreign influences is an old illusion that has always produced the opposite of the desired result. Isolation breeds sterility. It is the free circulation of cultural products and talents that allows each society to perpetuate and renew itself.


p. 105. - Anti-Americanism (2003)


The idea that a culture can preserve its originality by barricading itself against foreign influences is an old illusion that has always produced the ...

The idea that a culture can preserve its originality by barricading itself against foreign influences is an old illusion that has always produced the ...

The idea that a culture can preserve its originality by barricading itself against foreign influences is an old illusion that has always produced the ...

The idea that a culture can preserve its originality by barricading itself against foreign influences is an old illusion that has always produced the ...