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The Almost Perfect Baby

Genetics, reproduction, and eugenics

by Jean-Hugues Déchaux, 17 September

The genetic revolution is marked, in particular, by complex transformations in reproductive technologies. From our relationship to motherhood to the idea of ‘free-choice eugenics’, Jean-Hugues Déchaux looks back over the ethical controversies surrounding genetic engineering.

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Scotland: Nation, Enlightenment and Empire

by Clarisse Godard Desmarest, 13 September

About: The Remaking of Scotland: Nation, Migration, Globalisation...

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Where does the Left Stand in India?

by Jules Naudet & Stéphanie Tawa-Lama Rewal, 10 September

Interview

Liberalism, between War and Peace

by Marieke Louis, 6 September

An Interview with Michael Doyle, Part 2

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Liberalism, between War and Peace

by Marieke Louis, 3 September

An Interview with Michael Doyle, Part 1
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The Long March for Equality

by Ary Gordien, 30 August

Few histories of the African American fight for equality manage to shed...
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by Judith Lyon-Caen, 27 August
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Keep on the Sunny Side

by Mélanie Cournil, 13 August

A Summer Selection
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Summer in the City

by Mélanie Cournil, 30 July

A Summer Selection
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Gender Boundaries, Race Boundaries

by Sarah Mazouz, 19 July

In his incisive, concise and stimulating book, the sociologist Rogers...

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The Greek State: Its Past and Future

by Nicolas Delalande, 20 March 2012
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Tax Havens: A Guided Tour

by Thomas Vendryes, 24 January 2012
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The Autumn of the Patriarchs

by Abdellah Tourabi, 18 May 2011
Interview

Where have the rebels gone?

by Nicolas Delalande & François Jarrige, 21 January 2010
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The Nature and Limits of the Majority Principle

by Pasquale Pasquino, 20 April 2011
Review

Max Weber and Capitalism’s Strange Rationality

by Isabelle Kalinowski, 17 November 2014
Review

Participating Is Not Enough

by Julien Talpin, 5 January 2012
Review

The Reception of John Stuart Mill in France

by Vincent Guillin & Djamel Souafa, 9 May 2011
Interview

The American State: Power Obscured

by Thomas Grillot & Pauline Peretz, 15 November 2011
Interview

When the lottery is fairer than rational choice

by Florent Guénard & Hélène Landemore, 26 November 2008
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In the Best Interest of the Child

by Jennifer Merchant, 22 November 2010
Interview

Teenagers and their sexuality

by Ivan Jablonka, 31 July 2008
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Academic Inbreeding: An Evaluation

by Olivier Godechot & Alexandra Louvet, 22 April 2010
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The Politics of Error

by Henry Laurens, 16 October 2007
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A Reflection on Populism

by Pierre Rosanvallon, 10 November 2011
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Europe Is Afraid of Its Roma

by Jean-Baptiste Duez, 10 December 2010

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The Economic Crisis: Questions and a Few Answers

by Thomas Grillot, 27 December 2011
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Let’s eat! Food and the social sciences

by Thomas Grillot & Nicolas Larchet, 9 February 2015
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Protesting in early 21^st century China

by Émilie Frenkiel & Chloé Froissart, 7 March 2013

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Crises financières et avenir du multilatéralisme

par Jérôme Sgard, le 21 septembre

Le FMI contre les Banques centrales ?
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Avec tous les autres

par Muriel Prévot-Carpentier, le 20 septembre

À propos de : Corine Pelluchon, Éthique de la considération, Seuil, « L’ordre...
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Protestations photographiques

par Adèle Cassigneul, le 19 septembre

À propos de : Diane Dufour, Matthew S. Witovsky (dir.), Provoke. Between...

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