A Scottish family at the heart of imperial history
From what she refers to as “ a new micro-story », Emma Rothschild recreates the way in which a family
Beat the pavement while it’s hot
The sociologist Anne Steiner gives flesh to a little-known part of the history of the workers’ movement: this pre-century of
Derrida: a marginal intellectual?
In this innovative book, Edward Baring traces Derrida’s journey up to 1968. He offers a rereading of his work through
The misfortunes of love
Analyzing the sociology of the love experience, Eva Illouz analyzes its great transformation: if the marital and sexual market today
The solitude of catfish and small fish
Through the staging of a homosexual cruising spot on the edge of a lake, Alain Guiraudie constructs a minimalist thriller
The library, a place of social integration
A survey carried out on users of the Beaubourg Library shows the multiple uses of this place for the various
The Chinese state in action
International opposition to China’s one-child policy intensified under the leadership of American conservatives. However, it would be a contradiction to
Here elsewhere, study in Europe
A work of synthesis on European student mobility, Valérie Erlich’s book raises the question of higher education as a vector
The Nazi economic machinery
In a reference work, Adam Tooze attempts to reread the history of IIIe Reich – from the fight against unemployment
Confess and obey
In his 1980 course, Foucault, after his research on “ power-to-know », gives a new place to the subject –