Investigation Policies

At the crossroads of literature, journalism and social sciences, the investigation is all the more popular as the deciphering of

The apocalypse is now

Literature and cinema have long played with the idea of ​​the end of the world. By imagining the forms of

Radically pragmatist

For American pragmatists, XXe century, democracy was a radical experiment: that of the deliberative and deliberative participation of the people

The revival of small traders

A place of exchange and resources, small businesses play an essential role in urban development. A collective of geographers examines

Nails and hammer

Since racism is nothing more than a divisive technique at the service of the rich, the rebirth of the left

What remains of critical theory?

The trajectory of Critical Theory is today the subject of many questions: by examining this eventful history, Stathis Kouvélakis raises

Colonial art

In a wide-ranging essay on the construction of race in the arts of the Enlightenment, Anne Lafont fascinatingly tracks the

August Lights

La Vie des idées is on vacation. We will be back at the end of August. In the meantime, here

Lesbos, European scandal

The Greek island of Lesbos, the homeland of Sappho and Anacreon, the cradle of Epicureanism, once a dream destination, has