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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...
Review

What is Literature for?

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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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
Dossier

Is Protectionism the Solution?

by Florian Mayneris, 17 January 2012
Essay

Academic Inbreeding: An Evaluation

by Olivier Godechot & Alexandra Louvet, 22 April 2010
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Frédéric Bastiat, the American Right’s French Inspiration

by Michael C. Behrent, 1 July 2010
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Human Rights and Politics

by Justine Lacroix, 24 October 2012
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Joan W. Scott’s Critical History of Inequality

by Clyde Plumauzille, 22 December 2014
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Nancy Fraser and the Theory of Participatory Parity

by Estelle Ferrarese, 14 September 2015
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Republican Reflections on the 15-M Movement

by Philip Pettit, 20 September 2011
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Drug Legalization? A French Perspective

by Renaud Colson, 7 October 2013
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Protectionism as Internationalist Liberalism

by David Todd, 17 January 2012
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The Social State and Globalization

by Jean-Fabien Spitz, 11 February 2011
Interview

How to Modernize the British Welfare State

by Antoine Colombani, 6 May 2010
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Ronald Dworkin: Law as Novel Writing

by Julie Allard, 5 February 2015
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When Immigration Is a Crime

by Luca d’Ambrosio, 24 October 2011
Interview

History Speaks Many Languages

by Anne-Julie Etter & Thomas Grillot, 27 January 2012

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American Elections: The Conservative Temptation

by Thomas Grillot & Pauline Peretz, 22 October 2012
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Best of Books & Ideas, Part 4: Geopolitics & Conflict

by Ophélie Siméon, 10 August 2015

A Summer Selection
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Best of Books & Ideas, Part 3: Debating Inequalities

by Ophélie Siméon, 3 August 2015

A Summer Selection

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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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