Unfinished modernity
Almost everywhere in the world there are abandoned places, promises of modernity that history, economics or politics have shattered. The
Introduction to collapsology
The end of running water from the tap, food in the supermarket, radiator heating, the end of the Internet, cars,
Hatred of Luther
From 1530, the reformer, initially benevolent towards the Jews, expressed fierce and clearly anti-Semitic hostility. A critical edition allows us
This is their body
How has the body acquired such importance in the definition of contemporary identities? ? Mobilizing investigations into transplants, childbirth, or
The speech of the seed
The history of sexuality is often that of discourses and concepts. Analysis of the letters sent to the Dr Tissot
Die of laughter
A collective book looks back on the long history of satire and blasphemy, bearers of subversion, but also of persecution.
The Building of Infamy
The medievalist historian Giacomo Todeschini suggests describing the social body according to the category of infamy, which involves access (or
War, terrorism and emergency law
In order to shed light on the tragic events that occurred in France, La Vie des idées offers food for
The art of disappearing
Hanna Rose Shell examines the logic of camouflage since the end of the XIXe century to the present day. Man
Versailles or nature tyrannized
At Versailles, said Saint-Simon, Louis XIV “ took pleasure in tyrannizing nature, taming it with art and treasures “. A