Ferréol Delmas, who criss-crosses France with his Ecologie Responsable think-tank, is convinced that ecology can and must be rooted in the regions and based on entrepreneurship. In short, right-wing. Interview.
A recent book by historian Olivier Meuwly invites us to take a closer look at this Neuchâtel native, who was elected to the Swiss government at the age of 31. An inspiring figure in his own right, this radical who became a liberal-conservative over time retains an air of mystery about him.
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Pierre Valentin is best known for dissecting the revolutionary nature of wokism in his first book, published last year by Gallimard. The 26-year-old essayist has since launched «Transmission», a YouTube channel to interest his generation in intellectuals.
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Discussions of the sacred are gradually returning to the forefront, both among young people on social networks and in the media-political world. A return that is more instrumental than spiritual.
A leading essayist on the French intellectual scene, Jean-Claude Michéa now lives in a remote village in southwest France. A look back at his singular work and career.
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Surrogate motherhood is not legal in Switzerland. Like other bioethical issues, it marks a deep division between conservatives and progressives. This is an opportunity to attempt a definition of these terms, a few months ahead of the federal elections.
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On Saturday, at the Journée libérale romande co-organized by Le Regard Libre, Olivier Massin, Director of the Institute of Philosophy at the University of Neuchâtel, showed what kind of liberalism it is wise to defend if you value the idea of education. Striking.
Everyone dreams of a school free of political influence. But isn't that just wishful thinking? History reminds us that it is through schools that the future of a society is at stake. In Switzerland, it was even through politics that peace was achieved.
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Liberalism and conservatism seem to be philosophically opposed, but meet with certain marriages in politics. So, are they compatible or incompatible? Two members of our editorial team cross swords in our feature on current cleavages.
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In 1978, the Polish philosopher Leszek Kolakowski, a dissident exiled in Oxford, proposed a definition of liberalism, conservatism and socialism that made them compatible and set a course to follow.
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