Porn under the microscope
Alongside often reductive denunciations, studies on pornography have developed in the academic world. Florian Vörös brings together the essential texts,
The last of the movie buffs
Television contaminates cinema and does not allow any experience of the world. In his latest texts, Serge Daney points to
The constellation of knowledge
We do not live in a common world, but at most in archipelagos. How can we transform the world and
Delights of married life
Love is not reduced to conjugality or passion: by approaching it as a set of gestures and practices, Michel Bozon
A world of one’s own
We live under the same sky, but our understanding of the world is nonetheless always situated. Anne Cheng and Michaël
Poor and guilty
Between the 18e and the 20e century, the fight against poverty in England involves the multiplication of workhouses. Between reception
Japanese crimes, Chinese justice
How did China conduct trials of Japanese war criminals on its territory after 1945? Barak Kushner offers new insights into
These kind gods
Are today’s monotheisms less tolerant than pagan divinities? Throwing the ancient stone into the modern pond, Maurizio Bettini’s essay leads
Partisan Justice
From a “tiny event”, the execution of two traitors from the Aosta Valley in 1943, Sergio Luzzatto delivers a vast
Berlin multicultural
The transformations of German society and Europe can be read on the streets of Berlin. A field of ruins in