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Towards an Ecological Cinema

by Olivier Dorlin, 23 January

Hollywood cinema tends to represent climate change in catastrophist and sensationalistic movies. By contrast, a new type of ecological cinema emerges in which the issue of sustainability is taken into account not only as a theme, but also within the film production process.

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Ending the Anthropocene

by Claire Sagan, 22 January

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Corporate Responsibility in the Climate Crisis

by Swann Bommier & Cécile Renouard, 21 January

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The Label of Schizophrenia

by Laure Murat, 17 January

About: Hervé Guillemain, Schizophrènes au XXe siècle. Des effets secondaires...

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Man the Oblivious Waste Creator

by Sylvie Lupton, 14 January

Modern man produces increasing quantities of waste. But his relationship...
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Uchronia

by Emmanuelle Loyer, 10 January

Counterfactual history is a matter of ‘what ifs’. What if the Allies had lost...
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Logistical Meanderings

by Carlotta Benvegnù & David Gaborieau, 7 January

When Working Class Mobility Transits Through the Warehouse
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Veils in the Western World: a Thousand-Year History

by Francesca Canadé Sautman, 3 January

Men and women have been wearing veils for over a millennium in the West....
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The Coal Economists

by Gabriel Lombard, 31 December 2018

In the period between 1865 and 1931, economists were already questioning...
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The Bitcoin El Dorado

by Ludovic Desmedt & Odile Lakomski-Laguerre, 27 December 2018

Conceived by its inventors as the basis of a new monetary order, Bitcoin...

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Who Rules the Global Rule Makers?

by Martin Albrow, 3 November 2011
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The Slow Triumph of the Majority

by Olivier Christin, 11 June 2012
Interview

Invisible constraints

by Florent Brayard, 15 December 2010
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Pluralism, Values, and the European Judge

by Pierre Brunet, 21 February 2012
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Who owns nature ?

by Philippe Descola, 21 January 2008
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From Public Charity to Putting the Poor to Work

by Jacques Rodriguez, 2 October 2014
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October 2008: the return of the State?

by Bruno Bernardi, 29 January 2009
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A Reflection on Populism

by Pierre Rosanvallon, 10 November 2011
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Academic Inbreeding: An Evaluation

by Olivier Godechot & Alexandra Louvet, 22 April 2010
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Is the Middle Class a Victim of Taxation?

by Antoine Bozio, 28 May 2012
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Is Protectionism the Solution?

by Florian Mayneris, 17 January 2012
Interview

The American State: Power Obscured

by Thomas Grillot & Pauline Peretz, 15 November 2011
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Could Random Selection and Deliberative Democracy Revitalize Politics in the 21^st Century?

by Yves Sintomer, 6 June 2012
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Louis Dumont’s Political Thought

by Vincent Descombes, 17 April 2012
Interview

The Empirical Sociology of Critique

by Nicolas Duvoux, 14 February 2012
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Europe Is Afraid of Its Roma

by Jean-Baptiste Duez, 10 December 2010

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Who Will Save the Planet?

by Ivan Ascher & Marieke Louis, 10 December 2018
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Thinking Global

by Thomas Grillot, 19 August 2012
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Studying Social Class: Legacy & Renewal

by Cristelle Terroni, 18 July 2016

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The Bingewatch: Lesbian Drama

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The Inequality of “Human Rights”

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by Evan Osnos
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