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Reputedly difficult, the thought of Plotinus (205-270) is the culmination of ancient philosophy. Inspired first and foremost by Platonism, but also by Aristotelianism and Stoicism, it requires the ability to move with ease through the labyrinth of Greek philosophy,...
Why are men, who need each other so much, always in opposition? This introduction to Rousseau's thought, based on his four major works: Discours sur les sciences et les arts, Discours sur l'inégalité, Du Contrat social and l'Émile, helps us understand how this man who...
The most prosperous company in Mexico is not in the top 10 Aztec companies and is not even listed in the legal commercial register. It is a consortium of drug cartels that floods the world market with illicit products, from cocaine to heroin and synthetic drugs, and...
“Let the muse of history be silent, and make way for genetics.” Jean Tulard “Fascinating.” Jean-Noël Fabiani, Professor Emeritus, Chair of the History of Medicine Until recent years, many mysteries and rumors have surrounded Napoleon. Was Napoleon's body taken by the...
A key figure in French Africa, Robert Bourgi, for the first time ever in a book, discusses his life, his relationship with his mentor Jacques Foccart and all the "missions" he undertook over almost forty years, on behalf of African and French presidents, including the...
Emancipation is the real thread running through Marx's thought. He's not concerned with capitalism, or Marxism for that matter, but with capital: it's this fundamental notion that we need to return to in order to understand Marx's thought and communism. This also...
Is it a contradiction, a lie, a madness, a freedom to affirm a theory and live the opposite? Rousseau writes a treatise on education thanks to the abandonment of his five children, Kierkegaard composes religious texts while living as a libertine, Beauvoir founds the...
Over the last ten years or so, it has become commonplace to hear talk of an obscurantist threat linked to a rise in irrationality, manifested mainly by a mistrust of vaccination and conventional medicine. But obscurantism can also be found where we pride ourselves on...
Why have the Olympic Games always been a geopolitical event in their own right? How did the Olympic Games in Mexico City in 1968, Moscow in 1980 and Barcelona in 1992 reflect international tensions, despite the Olympics' political neutrality? In2024, what are the stakes...
Why did the Euro soccer tournament follow in the footsteps of European integration? What confrontations are impossible between certain countries, such as those between Russia and Ukraine, or Armenia and Azerbaijan? Which matches have gone beyond sporting stakes to...
"I bought an El Al ticket. Destination Ben Gourion airport. Tel Aviv. Israel. 60 years ago, my mother was born a few dozen kilometers away. In Haifa, Palestine. So begins the story of the "return" of Ziyad Clot, grandson of Palestinian exiles. In Ramallah, he accepted a...
Emmanuel Macron lands for the first time in Africa, at the Barkhane base in Gao, Mali, on May 14, 2017. His "determination is complete": "Operation Barkhane, will only stop the day there are no more Islamist terrorists in the region and the full sovereignty of the Sahel...
Why is the conflict between Israel and Palestine still unresolved? What are the Israeli and Palestinian strategies and how have they evolved over the past 75 years? What are the relations between Israel, Palestine and its neighbors?Why did Operation Deluge Al Aqsa take...
Perché si è svolta l’operazione Diluvio Al-Aqsa e quali erano gli obiettivi di Hamas? Cosa è successo realmente sul terreno il 7 ottobre? Quali lezioni possiamo trarre dalle operazioni condotte dalle due parti negli ultimi cinque mesi? Per rispondere a queste tre...
François Noudelmann, who has been teaching in American universities for twenty-five years, is struck by the new practice of lying in politics, and particularly since the election of Donald Trump in 2016. Untruths are disseminated as «alternative facts»: to each his own...
At the age of 78, Madeleine Melquiond tells the story of her “journey into septuagenarianism” through everyday events, often funny, sometimes bitter. During the previous decade, which the author recounted in On n'est pas sérieux quand on a 60 ans (You're not serious...
A book about not dying at 17. Seriously? Understand Rimbaud? Like May lights? Like revolution? Yes. Because we had to understand. The Rimbauds who attack the republican order of the day and win it over to the race of real life. This books attempts to contextualize...
Albert Camus is prone to many misunderstandings. Jean-François Mattéi seeks to dispel them by offering us an innovative reading of this philosopher's work. He shows us that it is by tackling the three cycles of his work (the absurd, revolt, love) that we can better...
Would Thierry Henry have been better off playing handball? (Does the end justify the means?) Why say, “we won,” when we weren’t even on the field? (Is soccer the opium of the people?) Would the result of the match have been the same if I hadn’t watched it? (Destiny...
At once strange and familiar, bearer of a narrative and initiator of a relationship, the theatrical object has a status in its own right within the performance, and constantly encourages the actor to reassess the quality of his relationship with his immediate...
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