On linguistic imperialism
English, a new world language, dominates after French in XVIIIe century. As a sociologist, Pascale Casanova shows that the use
1498 or the other “New World”
From XVIe century, Europe and India begin to trade. Their connected history comes in various forms, including the cultivation of
Jewish social sciences
From the Jewish Scientific Institute (YIVO), founded in 1925, to the collection of books “ Polish Jewishness », created after
The benefit of the doubt in Muslim law
In a recent book, Harvard law professor Intisar Rabb discusses what she calls “the criterion of doubt » in Muslim
Another Zola
It is customary to say that naturalist novels strive to decipher the world. An iconoclastic thesis supports the opposite: Zola
Céline in her legends
A careful historical investigation reveals the freedoms that the author of Journey to the end of the night took from
From daguerreotype to digital
By studying the mutations of photography since its origins, we realize that, contrary to what we often believe, it exalts
Attacking Francoism
In recent years, a new generation of Spanish historians has debunked the old myths forged by Franco’s propaganda, but also
Philosophy in the garage
Prisoners of small, comfortable individual bubbles, we no longer act, we consume pre-arranged choices. Matthew Crawford, philosopher and mechanic, explains
The roots of the university crisis
We have been saying it loudly for years: French universities are doing badly. A new book continues the reflection, in