Ideas
Neither Cancel nor Glorify: Digging into the “Histoire (dé)Coloniale de la Philosophie Française” by Thierry Hoquet
Bringing light to one of today's most heated debates, Thierry Hoquet’s Histoire (dé)Coloniale de la Philosophie Française examines how European exploration and colonization formed French and European thought from the 16th century onward, tracing the interactions between...
“Une Société Désirable” – or how to care for the world
One of France's finest public intellectuals, Dominique Meda's new book Une Société Désirable, subtitled “How to care for the world”, is a short but remarkably complete blueprint for an ecological transition based on redefining what is wealth to promote work which enhances...
Heads out of the Sand: Why is fascism on the rise (not only) in France?
A collective volume dissects the rise of Fascism in France, drawing ample lessons on how we got here, the many facets of this clear and present danger, and how to get somewhere better. Lessons for France and elsewhere.
Slow Travel: Maybe the fastest way to really get there
IFE urges students to travel into a country and not just across it to get to the next European capital on the list. Could the value of a sojourn abroad be inverse to the number of miles traveled or places visited?
Of Eggheads and Authoritarians: A French look at anti-intellectualism and the repression of critical thinking in America and France
Few voices are clearer on dangers to democracy, freedom of speech and academic freedom than that of Eric Fassin, French sociologist specializing in American studies and issues common to both societies.
It's not that simple and why it shouldn't be
Book Review. The simplification of the world: The loss of ambiguity and diversity by Thomas Bauer. The voice of German historian and Islam scholar Thomas Bauer is a voice we need to hear. After his fresh look at Islamic civilization, Bauer has written...