In the footsteps of the Jews “Litvaks”
Lithuanian Judaism, including Vilna, the “ Northern Jerusalem “Was the intellectual center, gave birth to an original culture and a
Can a critical social science be useful?
How can a social science be critical and useful at the same time ? Didier Fassin, anthropologist and doctor, reflects
Intimate, a political concept
Michaël Fœssel invites us to find, beyond the spheres of the private and the public, the dimension of the intimate.
The American Empire in debate
Eric Margolis, a large American reporter, has been covers the conflicts of the Near and the Middle East for many
Global governance or global democracy
For Gilles Andréani, the expression “ global democracy Is an oxymoron, since there is no people, demoson the planet’s scale.
Obama and the end of the Afrikameric mirage
Barack Obama did not choose Ghana at random for his first step in Africa: it is for him to pay
A world without time or space
Carlo Rovelli, an eminent theoretical physicist and a major actor of contemporary science, is one of the initiators of an
Scholarly production of orgasm
Based on a history of vibrators and female masturbation techniques, Rachel Maines’ work shows how, in scholarly discourses and in
Sarkozyan immigration policy
In a deeply original collective book, twenty-three contributors analyze the methods of processing foreigners in France. Their study, both exploration
Statistics in company
Statistics policy Statistics self -criticism, by Jacky Fayolle A collection of articles restores the contribution of Alain Desrosières to the