A dark affair
In 1887, Pranzini slaughtered three women with a “true butcher’s skill”. Frédéric Chauvaud studies the crime in its relationship with
Faces of War
A total social fact, modern war no longer involves only soldiers but mobilizes all the forces, political, economic, cultural, of
Letters from an unmarried mother
Within the institutions where they were placed in the 1950s, single mothers, marginalized and repressed, sometimes had the opportunity to
Madagascar the unstable
As Madagascar elects its next president, a book looks back at the causes of the island’s chronic underdevelopment. Social inequalities
Cults and freedom
The fight against sects reveals the French reluctance towards pluralism and religion. According to Étienne Ollion, the sectarian phenomenon must
The art of dressing up the facts
Is there a right of the first occupant? Delving into the medieval theory of possession, P. Thévenin shows how jurists
The law of partisans
Mr. Cerovic traces the epic of the partisan brigades during the Second World War, on the borders of Belarus, Ukraine
European lobbies under the microscope
European lobbies have a reputation for spending their time trying to influence political decisions. However, a detailed study of the
The Glory of Carbon
If carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas, it is also, like carbon itself, an essential partner of man and life.
The regime of opinions
The present time tends to blur the boundary between true and false. Democracy is compromised, which is based on the