{"id":530400,"date":"2025-12-26T16:19:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T15:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/?p=530400"},"modified":"2026-01-01T22:39:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T21:39:00","slug":"four-readings-that-marked-our-redaction-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/literature\/four-readings-that-marked-our-redaction-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Four readings that made an impression on our editors in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jean-Claude Kaufmann, Samuel Fitoussi, Mourad Winter and the duo formed by Peggy Sastre and Leonardo Orlando have signed works published or reissued this year that have not left the <\/strong>Regard Libre<\/strong><\/em> indifferent.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

As moderators of a magazine for debate, which has also had a rich cultural section since its inception, we find our raw material in books, alongside other written or oral contributions from intellectuals and artists inviting themselves into our sights. There was no shortage of publications that caught our eye in 2025, from those scrutinized by our literary critic Quentin Perissinotto to those that fed our new monthly rendezvous \u00abEssay of the Month\u00bb or gave rise to interviews or analyses, not to mention all those that enriched our reflections without appearing in our columns. Here's a selection of four grands crus to celebrate the end of the year in style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yann Costa's choice<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

What if intelligence wasn't always at the service of truth? What if, on the contrary, the most brilliant among us use their talent - sometimes in spite of themselves - to rationalize absurd ideas? In Pourquoi les intellectuels se trompent (\u00abWhy intellectuals get it wrong\u00bb)<\/em>, Samuel Fitoussi draws on cognitive psychology and the history of ideas to expose the causes of this paradox and reveal its political implications. Remarkably well-sourced and up-to-date, this essay warns against our collective tendency to fall into error with conviction. Unless we put in place safeguards to counter the spirit of the times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read our <\/em>interview <\/em><\/u>by Samuel Fitoussi<\/em><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quentin Perissinotto's choice<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Curiously, and in contrast to the previous year, 2025 was a relatively dull year in terms of reading. Not that it was a bad year, but few recent books really dazzled me or swept me off my feet like avalanches. One of the few that managed to shake me out of this literary torpor did so with a bang; I'm referring to Love is overrated <\/em>by Mourad Winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n