Philosophy

Nietzschean inspiration in the Engadine

By Yann Costa · 21 April 2025

Immersed in the Grisons, our editor discovered the environment in which Nietzsche forged the essence of his thought during the summers of 1881 to 1888. In these wild landscapes, the mountains appear to be the crucible of an inner revolution.

Photography

Representing the Alps in Switzerland

By Nicolas Brodard · 16 April 2025

This subject is an extract from Nicolas Brodard's photographic project «De la représentation des Alpes en Suisse». This forthcoming book explores Switzerland's visual identity based on the Alpine landscape.

Literature

Ramuz, a contemplative against mountaineering

By Benjamin Mercerat · 11 April 2025

Unlike Eugène Rambert or Maurice Chappaz, Charles Ferdinand Ramuz never ventured into the highlands. Faithful to an ancestral conception of the mountain as a place to be avoided, the Vaudois describes it in all its strangeness.

Literature

The Alpine landscape: an Eden in the heart of Europe

By Claude Reichler · 04 April 2025

In the 18th century, the Alps ceased to be a mere obstacle or backdrop to become a veritable European myth. According to Professor Claude Reichler, literature provided the basis for this rediscovery, in which the mountains became a refuge from modern upheavals.