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/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/The-Volga-and-Russian-geopolitics https://booksandideas.net/The-Volga-and-Russian-geopolitics 2025-04-22T06:00:00Z text/html en Laurent Touchart History Russia environment land settlement geography industrialisation Cairn.info <p>The longest river in Europe bears the imprint of Soviet history. From dams to fishing by way of industrialization, it lies at the heart of the continental upheaval that is unfolding before us.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Social-sciences-in-the-face-of-disorder https://booksandideas.net/Social-sciences-in-the-face-of-disorder 2022-01-06T13:35:31Z text/html en Marielle Debos International anthropology social sciences geography history social dialogue anarchism Chad <p>How can social sciences think through the constitutive disorder of a society? When groups marked by “bad reputation” refuse to be an object of knowledge, how can we write about them? This is the challenge presented to researchers by the Tubu of Chad.</p> https://booksandideas.net/A-World-Out-of-Key https://booksandideas.net/A-World-Out-of-Key 2013-05-16T07:30:00Z text/html en Pauline Peretz International international relations state geography international comparisons Institut français <p>Although today's world is more interdependent than ever, it is still a jigsaw puzzle of sovereign states. One consequence of globalization is that we have to update our own mental maps, and to understand other people's. In this interview, the diplomat and geographer Michel Foucher explains the world's new geography.</p> https://booksandideas.net/A-Decent-and-True-Understanding-of https://booksandideas.net/A-Decent-and-True-Understanding-of 2013-02-14T08:21:00Z text/html en Thomas Grillot & Jacques Sémelin History Eastern Europe Shoah historiography world war geography Text Interviews <p>Published in 2010, Timothy Snyder's book <i>Bloodlands</i> is a magisterial rereading of the history of mass murder in Eastern Europe between 1933 and 1945, which has excited interest and controversy in Europe. In this interview, T. Snyder highlights the necessity to go beyond national boundaries in order to achieve “a decent and true understanding of the past”.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Timothy-Snyder-and-his-Critics https://booksandideas.net/Timothy-Snyder-and-his-Critics 2013-02-14T08:00:00Z text/html en Jacques Sémelin History Eastern Europe Shoah historiography world war geography Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah <p>Since its publication in 2010 and its recent translation into French, Timothy Snyder's book, <i>Bloodlands</i>, has attracted many comments from historians. Jacques Sémelin provides an overview of the recent criticisms leveled at the book, and the debates it fostered.</p>