Le Regard Libre N°122 | Dossier «Critiques de la démocratie» (in French)»

Le Regard Libre N°122 | «Critiques of democracy»
Paper copy
December 2025 edition
Chic paper magazine format

Opinions and reflections

05 Editorial by Jonas Follonier: Free speech, a jazz solo
07 Ralph Müller's cartridge: Stop eugenics!
08 Marianne Grosjean's column: Dry, sober and serene
09 Pascal Couchepin's reading: «Fake news» from the Second Empire
10 Deirdre McCloskey on the loose: A state is not a family
11 Disagreement: Should public schools be uniformed?
12 Essay of the month: Thinking politics through Le Je et le Nous
13 Cass Sunstein: «The real divide is between liberals and anti-liberals».»
18 Nora Bussigny: «Feminist activists celebrated Hamas massacres».»

Dossier: Critiques of democracy
24 Democracy and its enemies
28 The Platonic critique of democracy
30 The liberal critique of democracy, from Constant to Hoppe
32 The Maurassian critique of democracy
35 Benoît Gaillard: «The limits of what we call the “rule of law” are not set in stone».»

Culture and notebooks
40 Trope: When the leaves fall, so do the dead
42 Freedom of purpose: when AI represents humanity's hope
44 Bernard Léchot's photo essay: At the edge of the mist
50 In brief: Sardou by Michel, a crisis and a joke by ChatGPT
52 Subscription and sponsorship
54 Quotes