In «L'Afrique contre la démocratie», Senegalese journalist Ousmane Ndiaye dismantles an increasingly widespread narrative: that of a continent supposedly incompatible with democracy. A vigorous investigation of an idea that has become an alibi for the new authoritarianisms.
Peggy Sastre and Leonardo Orlando denounce the academic and media omerta that today surrounds the differences between men and women. Drawing on decades of scientific research, they call for a return to fact-based debate.
By comparing the «I» and the «We», François Huguenin offers a challenging survey of the history of Western political thought. An ambitious synthesis that invites us to look beyond contemporary divisions without giving in to ideological shortcuts.
Contrary to popular belief, school uniforms are neither an authoritarian relic nor a retrograde symbol. Rather, as Jean-Claude Kaufmann shows, it reveals our delicate balance between equality, freedom and a sense of community.
Although economist Philipp Bagus's «The Milei Era» sometimes lacks critical distance from its subject, this book has the great merit of placing the rise of the Argentine president in the most fundamental aspect of politics: the battle of ideas.
In their recent book published by Editions du Cerf, Michel Sandrin (not his real name) and Victor Lefebvre document the militant drift of the online encyclopedia. The book also explains how the platform works.
In his essay on laughter, published by Editions de l'Observatoire, the former director of «Charlie Hebdo» and France Inter explores what this human art tells us about the value of astonishment. For further reading.
Why do some nations grow richer while others stagnate or decline? Two contemporary visions attempt to answer this crucial question. One of them is set out in a book by Deirdre McCloskey and Art Carden, recently published in French.
As debate becomes polarized and personal, Antoine Vuille defends the importance of rigorous argumentation. The philosopher invites us to avoid the vices that weaken the exchange of ideas in a democracy, not without avoiding a few vexing questions.
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