Author: Antoine Lévêque
Antoine Lévêque

ANTOINE LéVêQUE

Why I Switched from Law to the Humanities

Why I Switched from Law to the Humanities

Disappointed by a field that had become overly technocratic and by the marginalization of the status of the self-employed, I decided to abandon my law studies after only five days. Here is a plea in favor of literature, history, and a more humanistic education.
Geneva, capital of hygiene

Geneva, capital of hygiene

Last autumn, Geneva's Grand Council supported a motion banning smoking on terraces during mealtimes. Yet another absurd measure in a canton that confuses public health with the guardianship of individuals.
Churchill, a memory at war

Churchill, a memory at war

When he died sixty years ago, Winston Churchill was universally celebrated as Britain's saviour. Today, his statue is the target of vandalism. This deterioration in his image can be explained by several historiographical turning points.
Not all preceptors were saints

Not all tutors were saints

While Rousseau's writings paved the way for a literature of intimate education, they also gave shape to the stereotypical vision of the preceptor that dominated the French literary landscape until Stendhal.