From buyer to consumer

Through a comparative approach, Marie-Emmanuelle Chessel traces the progressive construction of the figure of the consumer of XVIIIe At XXe

The profession of fantasies

Based on an in-depth investigation, Mathieu Trachman reveals that heterosexual pornography is a job with differentiated demands for the actors

Vichy, Japan and Indochina

Exploring the cultural rivalries that opposed the French and Japanese in Indochina during the period of the Vichy regime, Chizuru

A normal history of the USSR

By painting a portrait of Soviet society, from Lenin to Gagarin, a young historian kaleidoscopes two decades of historiographical contributions.

Beat the pavement while it’s hot

The sociologist Anne Steiner gives flesh to a little-known part of the history of the workers’ movement: this pre-century of

Derrida: a marginal intellectual?

In this innovative book, Edward Baring traces Derrida’s journey up to 1968. He offers a rereading of his work through

The misfortunes of love

Analyzing the sociology of the love experience, Eva Illouz analyzes its great transformation: if the marital and sexual market today