The names of fame
The artist, through his work, makes a name for himself, but what name? During the Renaissance, he was usually referred
The well-structured thought
Could craftsmanship, which is too much criticized, be a model for intellectual life, but also for reforming contemporary forms of
The century of illustration
What does our visual culture owe to XIXe century? To understand it, art historian Patricia Mainardi goes back well before
Europe of agricultural nations
Created more than thirty years ago in reaction to the common agricultural policy (CAP), the Peasant Confederation has had difficulty
Semantics of migration
Since 2015, the idea of a “migration crisis” has invaded public debates and political discourses, evoking a threat to Europe’s
The scourge of counterfeit medicines
Counterfeit medicines number in the hundreds of millions and wreak havoc on populations. How can we understand that NGOgovernments or
Georges Duby, scholar and popular
A contemporary historian in the Pléiade: this is a first. It salutes the centenary of the great medievalist, historian of
Girls of fire
We knew about deviant boys, but we knew nothing about the girls whose sexuality the juvenile justice system wanted to
The White Losers of Globalization
Xenophobia, identity withdrawal, distrust of institutions… The white working classes are increasingly perceived as a source of instability for Western
Passport, capture technology
The passport, which is supposed to facilitate the movement of people, is, according to John C. Torpey, one of the