‘Le courage d’être soi’ debate opens Mode d’emploi festival in Lyon

On Monday, November 17, 2014, at 8:15 PM, the festival Mode d'emploi in Lyon opened with a debate titled 'Le courage d'être soit' at an unspecified venue. The event was organized in partnership with Libération and supported by the Instituto Cervantes. Moderated by Cécile Daumas, the panel featured writers and intellectuals Cécile Guilbert, Catherine Millet, Beatriz Preciado, and Hélène Cixous. The discussion explored themes of courage, freedom, and identity, including resisting dogmatism, confronting suffering, fear, desire, and pleasure, and asserting one's body and intelligence. After the debate, Hélène Cixous read from her work Homère est morte (published by Galilée, 2014). The event was fully booked, with last-minute tickets available at the door in case of cancellations.