Social fracture and disillusionment: the silent majority and the Parisian elite no longer understand each other. At the center of the fray, a providential politician makes promises, heats up and charms the crowds. A powerful critique of populism, even of democracy.
Known for his Palme d'Or win on the theme of abortion with «4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days» (2004), Romanian director Cristian Mungui's «R.M.N.» unravels the stubborn populist resentments of a Transylvanian village under the yoke of the EU.
The growing popularity of «populist» leaders in the Western world reflects a long-standing but ever-present divide between the elites and the people. This raises profound questions about what democracy should be. Gérard Araud, Chantal Delsol and David Goodhart help us do just that.
Antoine-Frédéric Bernhard et Jonas Follonier La règle de la double majorité du peuple et des cantons s'est fait snober de...
Les bouquins du mardi – Ivan Garcia Giacomo Papi décrit avec minutie les travers des populismes actuels dans Le recensement des...
The year 2020, in addition to having seen a pandemic of immeasurable impact, has marked the return, or rather the rebirth, of a notion that was once thought to be obsolete, unsuitable and even dangerous: that of sovereignty. In the space of a few months, the issue has once again become central. But an anachronistic vocabulary tends to overshadow what is really at stake: not the withdrawal of nations into themselves, but the pursuit of balanced regulation of globalization.
Le continent de la globalisation
Liberalism and conservatism, two niches of the classical European right, are not the big losers of the federal elections. If you think about it, the ecological preoccupation now officially present among the population denotes a new form of conservatism and way of conceiving freedom, beyond the social and progressive dimension that characterizes this movement. A mutation of the great ideologies that brings great strengths, but also great risks. Analysis.
It was under the aegis of Eris, goddess of discord, quarrels and rivalry, that the Bossuet of the courts arrived in auditorium B at the University of Fribourg. A muscular lecture that provoked controversy, admiration from some and fury from others.