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-Dark-Side-of-Telescopes https://booksandideas.net/The-Dark-Side-of-Telescopes 2026-01-27T07:30:00Z text/html en Florian Mathieu Society environment science environmentalism astrophysics <p>Drawing on a socio-historical study of the construction of astronomical observatories on the island of Hawai‘i, Pascal Marichalar shows that scientific policies can no longer be considered separately from their ecological and social impacts.</p> https://booksandideas.net/The-ecofeminism-of-ordinary-people https://booksandideas.net/The-ecofeminism-of-ordinary-people 2025-12-02T09:00:00Z text/html en Maureen Bal Society feminism environmentalism homosexuality Cairn.info <p>By shedding light on alternative ways of life that have hitherto been kept in the shadows, Constance Rimlinger shows that ecofeminist utopias are a reality that seeks emancipation from capitalism and patriarchy.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Products-for-life https://booksandideas.net/Products-for-life 2025-11-20T08:30:00Z text/html en Jeanne Guien Society environmentalism consumerism investigation Cairn.info <p>“Who extends the life of objects, nowadays?” Julie Madon's sociological study on “longeviters” shows the diversity of their profiles and motivations, as well as the specific practices of sustainability and the controversies they give rise to.</p> https://booksandideas.net/The-Depletion-of-Life-on-Earth https://booksandideas.net/The-Depletion-of-Life-on-Earth 2025-11-13T08:30:00Z text/html en Esteban Arcos Philosophy nature environmentalism living exploitation Cairn.info <p>The “ardor of pillagers” refers to the momentum driving the depletion of life, which is outlined by Hicham-Stéphane Afeissa in his new book, drawing on the entire field of ecological thought.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Ecology-A-class-struggle https://booksandideas.net/Ecology-A-class-struggle 2025-11-11T08:30:00Z text/html en Mathieu Vigour Politics environmentalism social classes Cairn.info <p>Ecological politics have struggled to ward off environmental disaster. To impose itself as a transformative force, Jean-Baptiste Comby shows that ecological politics must become the strategic tool and compass of a genuine class struggle.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Ecologists-Let-s-Get-to-Work https://booksandideas.net/Ecologists-Let-s-Get-to-Work 2025-09-30T12:39:59Z text/html en Bertrand Vaillant Philosophy nature labour environmentalism Marxism exploitation animals Cairn.info <p>How can we reconcile the working classes with ecology? By reminding ecologists of the need to address together production and consumption. Doing so would lead to the constitution of “biocommunism,” the fundamental concepts of which are outlined by Paul Guillibert.</p> https://booksandideas.net/For-a-sustainable-architecture https://booksandideas.net/For-a-sustainable-architecture 2025-09-16T07:09:00Z text/html en David Rottmann Arts sustainable development environmentalism architecture Cairn.info <p>Architects are making the earth uninhabitable. Rather than reusing materials that already exist, they push for greater resource extraction and produce waste that cannot be recycled.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Relief-is-Life https://booksandideas.net/Relief-is-Life 2025-06-12T06:12:28Z text/html en Morgan Jouvenet environment environmentalism geography Science Cairn.info <p>We talk about the Earth without truly understanding it. An overview of recent knowledge about the “Earth system” and its concerning state invites us to promote a new way of looking at the environment and the political approaches required.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Marx-and-the-history-of-nature https://booksandideas.net/Marx-and-the-history-of-nature 2025-06-05T07:00:00Z text/html en Camille Chamois Philosophy nature environmentalism living Marx Cairn.info <p>According to Frédéric Monferrand, Marx considers capitalism as a vast effort to put nature to work. This includes human bodies, as well as non-human environments. Monferrand outlines a “historical naturalism,” demonstrating its political and ecological relevance.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Promoting-green-planning https://booksandideas.net/Promoting-green-planning 2025-04-08T06:00:00Z text/html en Étienne Goron Society environmentalism industry Cairn.info <p>A sociologist and an economist who oppose green industrial policy advocate ecological planning based on democratic foundations.</p>