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-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/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/Life-as-a-Puzzle https://booksandideas.net/Life-as-a-Puzzle 2024-09-19T07:30:00Z text/html en Bertrand Vaillant Philosophy living epistemology history of sciences biology Science Cairn.info <p>The complexity of contemporary biology is a source of wonder, fear, and misunderstanding. Thierry Hoquet reviews the major biological theories to help us think through the social implications of a science that is opening up fascinating, though not inevitable, horizons.</p>