«The Battle of Gaulle» and «The Abandonment,» two films that seem to echo one another and carry on a long-standing French tradition: that of glorifying magnificent losers.
The rule of law is one of the major achievements of modern society. But when the definition of the rule of law escapes the debate of ideas, it reduces politics to a technical matter. This evolution of liberal democracies is in tension with the spirit of the Enlightenment.
With progress, it's easy to know what you're gaining, harder to know what you're losing. So let's take this opportunity to perform an autopsy on the lovely corpse that is the pop album format.
Faced with the injunctions of healthy living, the bon vivant emerges as a counter-model. An opportunity to re-explore this figure, which is far richer than a simple posture of resistance.
Bryan Johnson embodies an age governed by technology, where only that which can be quantified counts. A certain conception of health, compatible with this ethic of numbers, has become the central value. Even to the exclusion of other components of well-being.
There's an illusion lurking behind the injunctions to preserve our health: that it's an end in itself. This article defends the idea that health is a decisive tool, yes, but subordinate to what really gives meaning to our lives.
Robert Nozick proposes an original reading of the liberal program: not a minimization of the state, but a political framework that allows everyone to experiment with their own conception of the good life.
The American libertarian movement, led by Murray Rothbard, has moved away from dogmatic anti-statism to ally itself with the populist right. A trajectory that poses a central question for liberals: how far to ally oneself without denying oneself?
The intensification of trade after 1989 nurtured the idea of a world governed by cooperation. Today, geopolitical rivalries are overturning this belief and reshaping economic relations.
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