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An enthusiast of weapons and explosive devices since his earliest childhood, Frédéric Guerne develops, builds and deploys remote-controlled mine-clearing machines for African, East Asian and even European minefields. As part of the Digger Foundation, based in Tavannes in the Bernese Jura, he created the Digger DTR machines. These armored monsters are capable of cleaning large contaminated surfaces without sacrificing precious human lives.
Editions du Cerf has embarked on an ambitious and perilous adventure, publishing a three-volume set of over 900 pages each on Le Coran des Historiens. The ambition of the first volume is to provide an overview of research on the Koran, its historical, religious and literary environment, its writing, canonization and reception by what were to become the two main branches of Islam, the Sunnis and the Shiites. The other two volumes are devoted to a sura-by-sura exegesis of the text of the Koran.
«Westerner»: that's what Europeans, North Americans and Oceanians are called outside their own civilizational sphere. Latins, Anglo-Saxons and Slavs are all united under the same intriguing label. In our vocabulary, too, the notion of «Westerner» implies kinship, even group cohesion. Born during the Cold War in opposition to the Eastern bloc, at the start of the 21st century the Ponant is experiencing numerous internal tensions, which are probably due to the fact that it is not homogeneous. Originally, it was merely a temporary alliance between two civilizations: «Germanic/Protestant» and «Latin/Catholic». Nothing is more useful than a look at the history of Western civilizations.
A generation ago, the term charisma had a strong religious connotation. It was a divine gift enjoyed by a person who had a duty to use it for the good of his or her community. Today, charisma has become more simply the ability to convince crowds through the charm of one's personality. Individual talent certainly contributes to this, but even more so do the swarms of communication specialists who forge the image of political leaders. Does Trump have charisma?
The literature on Black African philosophy is mainly concerned with analyzing the extent to which it exists. This is a complex and endless debate. That's why we thought it would be more interesting to highlight a few typical elements of this thought. It's a way of cutting through the Gordian knot and getting to the heart of the matter: philosophy or not, what characterizes Black African thought, and what has it contributed to humanity?
A continent that cannot be summed up
CHRONIQUE | Chaque mois, retrouvez la chronique de l’une des personnalités qui nous font le plaisir de prendre la plume pour Le Regard Libre en s’alternant. L’historien, anthropologue et helléniste Claude Calame nous propose de tirer une leçon actuelle de la Grèce antique.
Sur la trace des remparts de Sion
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