How the school came to France
Drawing inspiration from the sociological tradition of Chicago, Jean-Michel Chapoulie explains the rise of forms of prolonged schooling in France.
What does “sex tourism” hide?
Going against a miserabilist vision of prostitution in the countries of the South, sociologist Sébastien Roux delivers the results of
At the origins of the Algerian War
On August 20, 1955, in a small village in North Constantine, dozens of Europeans were massacred. One of the consequences
The utopia of the humanities
In an essay which is also a manifesto, Yves Citton aims to reestablish the link between research in the human
America seen from below
A radio man, Studs Terkel has become one of the great names in American oral history, paradoxically “ famous ”,
The Mediterranean before the Atlantic world
Following in the footsteps of Braudel, Michel Fontenay studies trade and racing in the Mediterranean between the XVIe and the
The economy, a remedy for pessimism
In a work focused on subjects of economic concern, two economists well known in the blogosphere make their discipline accessible
Debates around 15M
The Spanish political debate, energized by the 15M movement and the prospect of early legislative elections, is taking place on
Hide that guillotine
The last public execution in France took place in 1939. How was the spectacle of the guillotine removed from the
How to assess the risks?
Researchers challenging the rational individual model are applying findings from experimental psychology and behavioral economics to the problem of decision-making