Nouveautés

Freud invented psychoanalysis. Jacques Lacan (1901-1981) ensured that it did not disappear into deviations and compromises. His written work and his oral seminar constitute a decisive contribution to...

"I bought an El Al ticket. Destination Ben Gourion airport. Tel Aviv. Israel. 60 years ago, my mother was born a few dozen kilometers away. In Haifa, Palestine. So begins the story of the "return" of...

“If the people of this nation understood our banking and monetary system, I believe there would be a revolution before morning.” Henry Ford Our contemporary liberal democracies have gradually given way...

“This little book is a jewel of intelligence, finesse and culture, which takes a technical object without complaint and turns it over and over as Heidegger taught us to do with Van Gogh's shoes. What...

The internal logic of the Nazi movement and the Third Reich is intertwined with that of Hitler: one cannot be understood without first considering the other. How did an individual with little education...

Jean Genet (1910-1986) was one of the most decisive writers of the 20th century. His work, consisting of poems, autobiographical novels, plays and short essays, was the subject of violent attacks, which...

“Neither a god, nor a guru, nor a savior” - who is Buddha? This essay sets out to understand this unclassifiable figure by taking stock of the fundamental principles of Buddhist doctrine and unravelling...

Avec Descartes, Kant est l’auteur phare de la modernité : son influence dans les sciences, la morale, la politique et l’esthétique, est considérable. Une grande partie des dilemmes éthiques (biologie,...

Who was Nietzsche? What did he think? What was his journey, from his youth to his maturity? If we had to describe Nietzsche's philosophy, we would call it the philosophy of joy. Contrary to the clichés...

“The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: three men who, outside any democratic process, have occupied the throne of Europe's emperor: President of the ECB. Dutchman Wim Duisenberg resembles Louis XV: a beloved...

Pourquoi les femmes se maquillent-elles ? Les réponses des intéressées sont souvent évasives : «Pour se sentir bien...» Pourraient-elles cesser de se farder ? «Non !» L'idée de ne plus se maquiller peut...

The dissolution of the Order of the Temple and the persecution of the Knights Templar are still fresh in people's minds. Why did King Philip the Fair and Pope Clement V set out to destroy them? What secrets...

“I have the feeling that I live differently from others. From the image of being different that they reflect back to me. A feeling that builds up over time… with force… I imagine this other person living...

This is the story of a little majorette from Vendée who, starting from nothing, juggled two sticks, then three, then seven, and became world juggling champion in Las Vegas. It's also the story of a child,...

How do the 60,000 people incarcerated in France experience their sexuality? If it seems unthinkable today not to care for and feed prisoners, it will no doubt seem incomprehensible that the prison of...

This anthology brings to light the richness of the pamphleteer tradition in France, between the 16th and 20th centuries. Though satirists and pamphleteers have emerged out of various political backgrounds...

“An exceptional study. The author of the book has had the audacity to approach Russian chaos... armed with her desire to prove that the country is by no means a madhouse but simply an immense space, difficult...

UFOs, four letters that unleash passions, embarrass authorities, baffle scientists and amuse skeptics. For almost eighty years now, these stealthy, enigmatic phenomena have been a regular feature of the...

On July 13, 2001, in Hassi Messaoud, an oil-rich town in southern Algeria, following virulent preaching by the imam, about 500 men assaulted and tortured some 50 women during a raid to inflict punishment....

Did you know that lower oil prices are almost never passed on fairly to consumers at the pump? That oil companies sacrifice their own refineries? That they pay no taxes, manipulate information and collude...

What forces are operating in the shadows of the war in Ukraine, both inside and outside the theater of operations? What clandestine operations have been going on for the past three years, unknown to the...

Burn-out affects hundreds of thousands of employees in France, and is spreading like an epidemic in the 21st century. One of the primary factors cited by specialists is increasingly brutal and manipulative...

The silence on the genocidal situation in Gaza is questionable. How can we explain the double standard when we compare the - legitimate - indignation provoked by the Russian bombing of the Ukraine with...

Lebanon is often described as “the most successful failed state of the 21st century”. This irony perfectly describes the reality of the country, which harbors vital forces and remarkable economic and...

How to be yourself at a party where you don’t know anyone? (Does the self exist?) Why does Grandma put a cap and a plaid sweater on her Yorkie? (Do animals have a reason?) How could I have stayed with...

Why did Franco's Spain refuse to play against the USSR? Which matches have gone beyond the sporting stakes to become a geopolitical war? Which confrontations are impossible between certain countries,...

Why have the Olympic Games always been a geopolitical event in their own right? How did the Olympic Games in Mexico City in 1968, Moscow in 1980 and Barcelona in 1992 reflect international tensions, despite...

In 6,000 food products, aspartame is found everywhere in so-called diet nutrition. However, several scientific studies show that this sweetener is harmful for children, pregnant women and epileptics....

« Today, in the United States, a new well is drilled every twelve minutes, and that model is what some wish to import to Europe ». Job creation, lower gas bills, renewed competitiveness, geopolitical...

Our contemporary societies let us believe that we are free—it is a delusion. We are still shackled in our chains, even in the West. Chains that we take for wings: we believe ourselves to be in a democracy,...