Supposedly ultra-liberal, this magazine is also hostile to «queer rights», at least according to the latest article by this Lausanne University professor and star of environmental activism. An opportunity to remind ourselves of our values.
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.
«Palestine will be free from the river to the sea», «Our cause is more important than the law»... The radicalism of some of the pro-Palestinian students occupying the universities no longer needs proving. Report from Freiburg, where some Jews have even been intimidated.
The woke movement may not be a religion in the strict sense of the term, but it does bear striking similarities to religion, particularly to the American Protestant revivals. This, at least, is the opinion of historian Olivier Moos, author of an essay on the phenomenon.
Discussions of the sacred are gradually returning to the forefront, both among young people on social networks and in the media-political world. A return that is more instrumental than spiritual.
The number of people with no religious affiliation has grown considerably in recent years. A void that seems to be filled by other types of relationship to the sacred.
The second half of the 20th century was marked by at least two major events: the massive decline in traditional religious practice and the advent of consumer society. One thing, however, has not changed: human nature.
The Swiss are becoming less and less religious... At least on paper, because it could well be that the need for transcendence is a fickle part of the human experience. Our dossier
Le dernier essai de Raphaël Gaillard, «L’Homme augmenté», offre une approche sérieuse de l’IA, reconnaissant à la fois ses risques et ses opportunités.