The restoration of the City-State concept by Paul Elvere DELSART
The restoration of the City-State concept by Paul Elvere DELSART I am Paul Elvere DELSART, and my deep ambition is to restore the concept of city-states, not through a merely historical or nostalgic lens, but through a fully reimagined dynamic adapted to the challenges of the 21st century. Through my EL4DEV program and its sub-program LE PAPILLON SOURCE , I am restoring to the city its role as a spiritual, cultural, educational, ecological, and decision-making nucleus. My vision of city-states is not that of autonomous micro-nations retreating into isolation, but rather of radiant hubs, interconnected on a global scale, embodying alternative models of governance, development, and cooperation. I see in the city-state a political entity, but more importantly a philosophical one, capable of carrying within it a holistic vision of communal living. It becomes the stage for large-scale societal experimentation, where citizens, creators, researchers, farmers, artists, thinkers, and b...