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.
Ask anyone if they're right or left-wing, and they'll probably know the answer. Not sure, however, whether they can fully justify their answer. But is the question itself relevant?
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.
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.
Right-wing, left-wing, conservative, reactionary, progressive, liberal, socialist, communist, universalist, populist, environmentalist, interventionist, protectionist, sovereignist... so many labels that structure...
Et dire que c’est une histoire vraie. Je vous résume: quelques potes trouvent une terre entre la Croatie et la...
Each month, Le Regard Libre presents a philosopher whose thinking is different from, or even the opposite of, that of...
Le Peuple paraît en Suisse romande dès cette semaine sous la forme d’un bimensuel papier et d’un site internet. D’après...
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