The authors’ coffee
Christian Baudelot, François Dubet, Jon Elster, Roger Establet, Laurence Fontaine, Justine Lacroix, David Mangin and Anne Simonin were the guests
Does Europe really suffer from a “democratic deficit”?
According to Justine Lacroix, European institutions are not and cannot become a political space for democratic debate as completed and
Reinvent democracy
How to reinvent democracy ? For three days, a hundred researchers, intellectuals, political leaders, and journalists tried to answer this
Democratic experiences in Africa
The toll of two decades of democratic transitions in Africa may seem disappointing: civil wars, dictatorships and coupsing state continue
The Netherlands in Revolution
How can we be batavé ? This is the question posed by Annie Jourdan in her latest book devoted to
Political rationalisms and perceptions of humans
According to Terence Marshall, three major forms of rationalities are offered to whoever wants to understand human things: that which
RSA and solidarity challenges
This Monday 1er June, the RSA officially in force. For almost a year, The life of ideas strives to illuminate
What political Europe?
During the European elections, the life of ideas opens a file on political Europe. Not to repeat the debate between
Market and democracy in modern Europe
Is the market an instrument of alienation or liberation ? The historian Laurence Fontaine recalls that in the modern era,
Castoriadis at work
A collection of unpublished texts by Cornelius Castoriadis show a thought in gestation, building its own tools in contact with