When the left was in power
Mitterrand’s first seven-year term: major achievements of the left in power or end of collective hopes? Modernization policy or betrayal
The Paris of barricades
By analyzing three daguerreotypes representing the rue du Faubourg-du-Temple on June 25 and 26, 1848, historian Olivier Ihl draws a
Is the precautionary principle reasonable?
The precautionary principle governs public policies to a large extent. Often considered poorly defined, it is however far from unanimous.
Summer breaks
It’s summer. La Vie des Idées is on vacation. We will resume our publishing rhythm from August 29. Here, in
Unschooling nursery school?
Kindergarten has gradually become the first moment of schooling. The influential sociologist and expert Pascale Garnier analyzes the progressive normalization
Beyond positive discrimination
In a resolutely ambitious work, sociologist John Skrentny proposes a reformulation of the racial question in the workplace in the
The world of art critics
From the end of XVIIIe century, a critical discourse emerged which soon established itself as an intermediary between the public
The lab lobby
What defines the value of a medicine? Based on an ethnography of the pharmaceutical industry, Q. Ravelli shows the omnipresence
1839 or the odyssey of freedom
Rounded up in Africa, detained in Cuba, the slaves ofAmistad revolted in 1839, before joining the United States where they
Refugee camps are here to stay
Architect and teacher at the École nationale supérieure d’architecture de Paris-Belleville, Cyrille Hanappe has been involved for several years in