https://booksandideas.net// Books & Ideas is the English-language mirror website of La Vie des Idées, a free online journal which has gained a large readership and established itself in France as a major place for intellectual debate since 2007. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://booksandideas.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH68/siteon0-04014.png?1675949311 https://booksandideas.net// 68 144 https://booksandideas.net/The-elusive-doctrine https://booksandideas.net/The-elusive-doctrine 2025-10-14T06:04:50Z text/html en Dimitri Coste Society police protests <p>Criticized for its repeated failures, the French police seem to desperately lack an explicit approach for dealing with demonstrations. They could take inspiration from the principle of de-escalation promoted throughout Europe.</p> https://booksandideas.net/God-is-in-the-street https://booksandideas.net/God-is-in-the-street 2023-11-16T09:07:00Z text/html en Mathieu Marraud Enlightenment History religion protests Cairn.info <p>What if the eighteenth century in France was an age of Catholic fervor? Through a study of religious processions, Gaël Rideau presents a tableau of urban life that, in the very midst of theEnlightenment, was marked and organized by public expressions of faith.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Why-Is-Racial-Justice-Yet-to-Be-Achieved https://booksandideas.net/Why-Is-Racial-Justice-Yet-to-Be-Achieved 2020-06-08T07:00:00Z text/html en Editorial Team Society International United States of America race justice police racism equality Books and ideas originals protests <p>As protests against racism break out all over the world following the murder of George Floyd, Books & Ideas gathers a selection of texts examining the history of these multifaceted discriminations and of the struggles for racial justice.</p> https://booksandideas.net/China-s-Digital-Nationalism-and-the-Hong-Kong-Protests https://booksandideas.net/China-s-Digital-Nationalism-and-the-Hong-Kong-Protests 2019-09-05T06:00:00Z text/html en Émilie Frenkiel International China internet digital social media Books and ideas originals protests Hong Kong <p>Nationalist discourses take the lion share of politics-related discussions on the Chinese Internet. In the context of intense struggles over the interpretation of the Hong Kong protests, this interview with Florian Schneider sheds light on the complexity of online political and identity expression in China and elsewhere.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Protest-Music-in-the-Age-of-Trump https://booksandideas.net/Protest-Music-in-the-Age-of-Trump 2019-04-25T07:00:00Z text/html en Ron Eyerman Society Arts music sociology popular culture Donald Trump protests protest songs <p>The presidential election campaign and the unexpected election of Donald Trump was cause for immediate reaction from the music world in the United States and beyond. Ron Eyerman gives us an overview of that reaction.</p>