Policy

The specificity of modern political thought

By Antoine-Frédéric Bernhard · June 27, 2024

The advent of modernity profoundly transformed political thought. The idea of a divine determination of the political order disappeared, and the question of the legitimacy of any political organization of society became central.

Philosophy

Skepticism, to escape dogmatism and relativism

By Jonas Follonier · 21 June 2024

Skepticism holds two things: it's very difficult to reach the truth, but that doesn't mean the truth doesn't exist. This school of thought teaches the humility our age needs.

Literature

Agathe Ruga, divorcing fiction

By Quentin Perissinotto · 19 June 2024

Two years after her previous opus, the French author is back in bookshops with «Rendez-vous à la Porte dorée», following in the footsteps of a love gone sour. With the obsession to find her novelistic truth.

History

In history, as in everything else, truth cannot be decreed.

By Olivier Meuwly · 16 June 2024

The idea that knowledge is never definitive has been distorted, paving the way for truths falsely described as alternatives. Could the acceptance of permanent questioning, based on the dialectical construction of truth, offer a way out?

Society

Here's why gender theory is dogma

By Yann Costa · June 14, 2024

Although they concern only a small proportion of the population, gender issues seem to be dividing public opinion and getting to the heart of social debates. And for good reason: they touch on a civilizational issue: the notion of truth.