«Hein de Haas's »The Logic of Migration" came close to fulfilling its promise: to escape right-wing... and left-wing bias. Nevertheless, we look forward to reading the colossal work of this professor of sociology at the University of Amsterdam.
By demanding ever greater transparency, our societies paradoxically encourage conformism, surveillance and hypocrisy. Here is a defense of the right to silence, nuance, discretion and ambiguity, indispensable in a liberal democracy.
James Lyon's concise biography brings Hermann Suter (1870-1926), a major figure in Swiss music, back to life. He reveals a singular composer, whose work and life bear witness to the same spirit of freedom and accomplishment.
With 132 previously unpublished maps, the book co-edited by Corinne Chuard offers a visual and interactive reading of the past. By combining text and images, it sheds light on historical dynamics whose scope extends far beyond regional borders.
While the Swiss people have settled – twice – the question of the amount of the audiovisual licence fee, at least for a while, the discussion on the offer provided by this compulsory levy must continue. The same applies to France.
Between family heritage and decisive innovation, Véronique Besson-Rouvinez retraces the rise of her estate and defends a freer viticulture. In the face of foreign competition and regulatory constraints, she calls for the freeing of energies.
Consecrating a heritage whose core is individual liberty, liberal-conservatism can form a coherent synthesis rather than a fragile compromise. Here is an outline, drawing on Burke, Scruton and Kolnai as well as Smith, Tocqueville and Hayek.
The founder of QoQa inaugurates our series of economic interviews devoted to the country's future. He describes the keys to his model and the burden of bureaucracy, and argues for greater support for entrepreneurs in the face of foreign competition.
In «Anti-civilization», Etienne-Alexandre Beauregard argues for a conservatism of the common good. Nation, shared culture and the «ordinary man» are, according to the 25-year-old Quebec essayist, the forgotten conditions of liberal democracy.