Journey into the Soviet past
The historian Nicolas Werth traveled to Kolyma, “ in the footsteps of the Gulag “. His journey is both a
Sociology of ignorance
A sociological study deciphers the silence surrounding the dangers of glycol ethers, present in a large number of everyday consumer
Homosexuality, from deviance to the object of research
Alongside the struggles of lesbians and gays, research into homosexuality has increased. Sébastien Chauvin and Arnaud Lerch take stock. They
Love made in France
Was love invented by French women? ? Is the breast an erotic, maternal, political object? ? Marilyn Yalom, specialist in
Astronomy in expansion
Thanks to the instruments it has acquired and its globalized operation, astronomy is today a science in full expansion. F.
From self-analysis to social criticism
Continuing the self-analysis engaged in Return to Reims, Didier Eribon makes this a key to understanding class relationships. Putting shame
The shape of a city
For the poet Jean-Christophe Bailly, today’s urban space, whether heritage or functional, no longer lends itself to strolling and walking.
Life, model for the chemist
In the context of growing questions about the energy future, bio-inspired chemistry of carbon and hydrogen, according to Marc Fontecave,
The political economy of Nazism
In this interview, Adam Tooze, specialist in German economic history, examines the economy of the Third Reich: was there a
Sutzkever, the poet-witness
Poet, resistance fighter, communist, Avrom Sutzkever reported on the destruction and resistance of the Wilno ghetto from 1941. His diary