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/A-World-of-Waste https://booksandideas.net/A-World-of-Waste 2026-03-31T08:00:00Z text/html en Jean-Philippe Pierron Philosophy environment nature technics Cairn.info <p>We would rather not see or even think about our waste, but it has a lot to tell us about our habits, our lives, and more importantly, about what we are doing to our world today.</p> https://booksandideas.net/In-Praise-of-the-Unpropertied https://booksandideas.net/In-Praise-of-the-Unpropertied 2026-03-26T08:30:00Z text/html en Pierre Crétois Philosophy property anarchism Marx Cairn.info Proudhon <p>Marx misunderstood Proudhon: he criticized him for neglecting the relations of production, when in fact the French anarchist was interested in the political subjugation that, in his view, private property inevitably causes.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Moral-Socialism https://booksandideas.net/Moral-Socialism 2026-02-18T15:55:56Z text/html en Julien Le Mauff capitalism Enlightenment Philosophy freedom Video Interviews Kantianism <p>How can we move beyond the double deadlock of state socialism and market capitalism? For Lea Ypi, returning to Kant and the Enlightenment offers a perspective to provide a new ground to freedom as social responsibility, and to open up towards a cosmopolitan horizon against the authoritarianism of profit.</p> https://booksandideas.net/A-Return-to-Liberal-Democracy https://booksandideas.net/A-Return-to-Liberal-Democracy 2026-01-22T07:00:00Z text/html en Laurent Warlouzet Philosophy democracy populism European Union human rights Cairn.info <p>Popular sovereignty and the rule of law are inseparable: the idea that there could be “illiberal democracies” is groundless and plays into the hands of populists.</p> https://booksandideas.net/On-the-lookout-for-catastrophe https://booksandideas.net/On-the-lookout-for-catastrophe 2026-01-08T08:46:00Z text/html en Dimitri Robin Philosophy anthropology catastrophe Cairn.info <p>Primitive societies, Lévy-Bruhl explains, are on the lookout for signs of catastrophes, though they are unpredictable. Since we, too, are in a constant state of alert, this insight should inspire us.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Social-Nietzscheanism https://booksandideas.net/Social-Nietzscheanism 2026-01-06T08:57:00Z text/html en Arnaud Sorosina Philosophy critique Nietzsche Cairn.info <p>Can Nietzsche be considered a social thinker? Straddling social critique and critique of the social, French and German interpretive traditions that embrace Nietzsche make it necessary to revise the hasty conclusions of Marxists and anti-postmodernists.</p> https://booksandideas.net/A-critique-of-the-ideology-of-property https://booksandideas.net/A-critique-of-the-ideology-of-property 2025-12-04T08:00:00Z text/html en Yann Robert Philosophy freedom property ideology oppression Cairn.info <p>Why do we believe that our<i> </i>societies are freer, more prosperous or more democratic <i>thanks to</i> the institution of private property rather than <i>in spite of</i> it?</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/The-Limits-of-Religious-Freedom https://booksandideas.net/The-Limits-of-Religious-Freedom 2025-10-16T12:00:00Z text/html en Ophélie Desmons Philosophy state religion justice Cairn.info <p>The separation of church and state is a principle that is often difficult to apply. In some cases, a delicate balance must be struck between religious freedom and equality.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Does-one-choose-to-be-sick https://booksandideas.net/Does-one-choose-to-be-sick 2025-10-07T06:00:00Z text/html en Élodie Boublil Philosophy inequalities public policy health Cairn.info <p>Are we responsible for our own health? Yes, according to advocates of liberal public policy. Yet this position fails to acknowledge social inequality's serious pathogenic effects.</p>