Summer basket
La Vie des Idées is taking a little rest. We will resume our publishing rhythm on August 24. Here, in
Property rights and collective interest
In France the idea that property is a natural right emerges and triumphs over XVIIIe century, under the leadership of
When rats rule
After several mass extinctions, here is the one caused by the human species. Animals are disappearing, killed for consumption, or
The woman photographer
An exhibition at the Jeu de Paume, in Paris, pays tribute to the work of Germaine Krull, who made photography
Maghrebi Jews and anti-colonialists
Described schematically as “ good students » of colonial assimilation, the Jews of Algeria have much more complex trajectories, in
The Collège de France, from François I to online courses
A richly illustrated and documented collective work recapitulates the history of the Collège de France, and traces its astonishing continuity
Politics, practical science
Is politics a science? ? Yes, replies Plato, but a science whose object is not knowledge. And it is to
Punishment without prison
Is the development of open sentences an alternative to prison? ? A survey of probation services shows that the objective
Contemporary Russia and the West
During this virtual round table in partnership with Public Books, six French, Russian and American contributors question contemporary Russia and
What is the Republic?
The Republic is a complex idea that oscillates between two legacies, moderate and revolutionary. Samuel Hayat returns to this antagonism