Exile in my neighborhood
A disused high school is occupied by migrants. A sociologist studies the resonances on the life of the neighborhood. If
Democracy gone astray
As the United States presidential election approaches, The Life of Ideas/Books & Ideas And Public Books propose a joint dossier
Rivette the intransigent
The texts of the filmmaker and critic Jacques Rivette are brought together for the first time. For him, “every lucid
School, republican or utilitarian?
What is the purpose of school? To train citizens, as Condorcet thought, or individuals capable of finding their place in
At the museum, paintbrush in hand
How can we manage to express the experience of the painter and the viewer in front of the canvas, what
Philanthropy between reform and social control
Charitable commitment in Geneva at the turn of the XIXe And XXe centuries reveals the ambiguity of philanthropy, between science,
The history of unequal regimes
T. Piketty’s work has undoubtedly launched a wide-ranging reflection. This is highlighted by the three critical articles devoted to it
Prayer and the flag
The “deradicalization” centers, opened with great fanfare in 2016, quickly collapsed. A book looks back at the dead ends of
Right and left values
In need of a partisan embodiment, the right-left divide nonetheless remains at the heart of the representations of French women
Diplomats and Republicans?
Diplomats would embody a bygone world. The idea is not new and the beginnings of the Third Republic were already