Summer Getaways
La Vie des Idées is on vacation. We will resume our publications on Monday, August 28. In the meantime, here
Buenos Aires, violence on the margins
Violence has become a structuring component of the peripheral neighborhoods of Buenos Aires. A book depicts the daily life of
The useful in mind
Humanity is made up of “tribes” that each have their own conception of good and their own values. How can
Exploit yourself
Through the prism of self-employment, sociologist Sarah Abdelnour reveals the dynamics of the weakening of salaried employment. She explores its
What Nero says about us
“Parricide”, “tyrant”, “monster”: it is an understatement to say that the last Julio-Claudian emperor does not have a good press.
The trial of homosexuality
Paris, 1933. Oscar Dufrenne, a music hall magnate and notorious homosexual, is found murdered in his office. Despite the arrest
The Monkey Map
By studying the distribution of humans and chimpanzees in Guinea, XIXe century to the present day, we can highlight the
The mechanics of the gaze
What if we were to take the expression “visual culture” literally? By tracing two centuries of optical inventions and reflections
Pressure on the Chinese Internet
The Chinese Internet is a place of political effervescence. While censorship is active, filtering content and blocking foreign sites, the
Slogan Chair
Why do people get naked in public? French law sees it as a form of sexual exhibition, but it is